Shakespeare's "Love's Bone Loss" Synopsis and Impressions - A comedy in which the men who issued the ordinance banning love are swept up in love.
I would like to introduce "Love's Bone Loss," said to have been written by Shakespeare around 1594-95. I read it from Chikuma Shobo, translated by Kazuko Matsuoka.
Let's take a quick look at the book.
Ferdinand, the young king of Navarre (present-day northeastern Spain), decides to turn his court into an academy of learning and art, and makes a vow with three young noblemen to abstain from all relations with women and to devote themselves to study. Soon after, however, a French princess arrives on a diplomatic mission with three beautiful ladies-in-waiting, and the four young men fall in love with each of the four beauties... The four young men fall in love with each of the four beauties....
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The main characters in this work are very serious young men who are determined to pursue their academic pursuits, but who are not willing to let love get in the way of that pursuit.
The four vow to stay away from women, but beautiful women arrive right after they make the vow.
The four of them ostensibly act like they are not in love, but in fact, they quickly become captivated by the girls...
This story tells how serious and headstrong young men go crazy in such love.
The words uttered by Villone, the mood-maker and good-natured person in the group, are very good.
Yeah, I finally fell in love too!
Chikuma Shobo, Shakespeare, translated by Kazuko Matsuoka, "Love's Bone Loss" p70-71
So far, we have whipped up love,
I was the official who punished the sighs of the lovesick.
He criticized love and policed it by becoming a night watchman,
More majestically than any human being.
I was the teacher who scolded Cupid!
That slovenly, selfish little child, blindfolded and unable to see anything,
Adults and children, giants and dwarfs of the cupid variety.
The regent of love songs, the lord of the gloomy-faced armchair crowd,
The rightful monarch of sighs and groans, the ruler of those who slouch and mumble,
She is the lord of the women themselves, the king of the crotchlines,
He is the parent of an official who calls sex offenders to church court,
Cupid, the general-in-chief. Oh, my little heart!
Finally, I became his second-in-command, and I am an acrobat.
Waving his military flag around like a shiny decoration?
Eh! I'm in love! I seduce women! I lust for a wife!
I thought I would never fall in love, but the surprise that I did is very well expressed.
And I thought the word sounded somewhat familiar. A little memory search revealed that it was my favorite stage from Sapporo, Japan.You Can't Hurry Love!This is what Okusaka, the staunch Shakespearean professor who is the main character in the film, was describing when he fell in love with her.
I read the play script here and found it! It was written in scene 4, "Winter's Tale". This was translated by Yushi Odajima, and it seems that some of the lines were spoken in abridged form. Since we are here, let's take a look at this one as well.
Oh, I'm in love! I have fallen in love, I have fallen in love, not a single bit of it! I, who had been the official, the critic, the night watchman, the teacher, the one who had been the one who had been the one to shout at Cupid's little boy, the one who had been the one who had been the one to whip those who wept and sighed over the troubles of love, the one who had been the one who had been the one to discipline the night watchman! ---Oh, my poor heart! Must I, even I, become Cupid's lackey and pretend to be his love plane like a ding-dong man? Oh, I'm in love! I will fall in love! I seduce women! I want a wife!
Keita Gemmaki, "Gemmaki Band Performing Plays "You Can't Hurry Love! from
Oh! This is it! This! This line by Professor Okusaka, played by Hideki Nagai, has left a strong impression on me! It is the perfect line for Professor Okusaka. It makes me feel excited that I am now reading the work "Love's Bone Loss," which was the basis of this line.
Reading the original story of a favorite work is like taking a "tour of places related to the work" and it is still fun. I marveled at Mr. Tsurumaki's choice of these lines. My admiration for the playwright has grown even greater.
Now, back to "Love's Bone Loss," a hilarious work about a group of men who declare their own "no love ordinance," only to have to rescind it before their tongues have dried.
And then, just when you thought it was going to be a grand finale, it ended in a very frustrating way. I wonder what will happen to the four big-headed guys in the future. I can only hope that they will be able to keep the promise they made to the girls.
The above is a synopsis of Shakespeare's "Love's Bone Loss" and my impression - a comedy in which the men in charge of issuing the no-love ordinance are swept up in love.
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