희곡 『여우사냥』의 뮤지컬 대본 『명성황후』로의 전환과 스토리텔링의 변화

Abstract

This thesis shows which changes occurred in a storytelling after a drama script of Fox Hunting changed into a musical of The last empress Myungsung. In case of performance contents, a script only is not a subject of a storytelling. Non-verbal elements such as costume, space, properties, etc…… play a big part in a storytelling. However, I analyzed around a script in this thesis. The most spectacular change in the course of converting from Fox Hunting into The last empress Myungsung is that the story line was simplified. Especially, the contents on a fellow student which is a main one of Fox Hunting Part 1 does not appear in The last empress Myungsung. The last empress Myungsung prepares splashy spectacles such as scenes of court wedding and passage of the military service examination, etc…… instead of a fellow student. In addition, The last empress Myungsung reinforces popular elements which is possible with highlighting melodramatic elements through Hong Gyehoon’s feeling towards Minbi. Arousing a sentiment of tears with witnessing the death of Minbi after appearing a brilliant crown prince instead of a weak one acts as an element which makes a musical into a conventional one. Even Fox Hunting is a nationalistic, however, The last empress Myungsung yields a concern aggravating anti-Japan emotion exceeding a nationalist. This is a result of excluding of General Dai’s role who saw the entire picture on murder of Minbi with an objective situation.