Performing 'Monstrosity' on the British Stage, 1637-1737

追踪各种戏剧形式的“怪物”表演，从1630年代的宫廷假面戏到1737年《许可法案》前后上演的实验剧院，这个项目探索了舞台上的“怪物”和塑造它们的非凡表演者。通过证明舞台上的“怪物”经常超越他们的地位，作为一种可以通过回应来解读的符号，它提出了一个问题：表演上的“怪物”是否能让那些特别具体化的表演者行使能动性。它提出了一个新的理论框架，描述了创作者和表演者为舞台“怪物”注入意义的戏剧过程，并探索了观众体验、互动和与“怪物”舞台描绘相关的方式。

Tracing performances of 'monstrosity' in diverse dramatic forms, ranging from 1630s court masques to theexperimental theatre staged around the 1737 Licensing Act, this project explores stage 'monsters' and theextraordinarily embodied performers portraying them. By demonstrating that stage 'monsters' frequentlytranscend their status as signs to be read by talking back, it asks whether performing 'monstrosity'enabled extraordinarily embodied performers to exercise agency. It proposes a novel theoreticalframework describing the theatrical processes through which creators and performers imbued stage'monsters' with meaning and explores ways in which audiences experienced, interacted with and relatedto staged portrayals of 'monstrosity'.