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''The Tragedy of Bussy D'Ambois'' (1603–1607) is a Jacobean stage play written by George Chapman. Classified as either a tragedy or "contemporary history," ''Bussy D'Ambois'' is widely considered Chapman's greatest play,〔Peter Ure, "Chapman's Tragedies," in Brown and Harris, pp. 227–36.〕 and is the earliest in a series of plays that Chapman wrote about the French political scene in his era, including the sequel ''The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois'', the two-part ''The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron'', and ''The Tragedy of Chabot, Admiral of France''. The play is based on the life of the real Louis de Bussy d'Amboise, who was murdered in 1579. ==Historical Performance and Publication== ''Bussy D'Ambois'' was probably written in 1603-4,〔Chambers, Vol. 3, p. 253.〕 and was performed soon after by the Children of Paul's. The play was entered into the Stationers' Register on 3 June 1607, and published in quarto the same year by the bookseller William Aspley, who issued a second quarto the next year. A revised version of the text was printed in 1641 by the stationer Robert Lunne, with the claim that this text was "much corrected and amended by the author before his death." Scholars have disputed the truth of this claim, though the weight of argument seems to fall in its favor. There are 228 variants between the two versions, "including thirty long alterations and additions and five excisions; their extent and tone show a concern only an author could feel."〔Logan and Smith, pp. 150–1.〕 Some commentators have argued that Chapman revised the original ''Bussy'' when writing its sequel, ''The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois'', c. 1610, to make the two works flow together more smoothly. Robert Lunne issued a Q4 iN 1647; Q5 was published by Joshua Kirton in 1657. The King's Men acted the play at Court twice in the 1630s, on 7 April 1634 and 27 March 1638, with Eliard Swanston in the title role. The prelude to the 1641 edition also indicates that Nathan Field played Bussy; Field may have brought the play to the King's Men when he joined in 1616. Apparently, Joseph Taylor inherited the role after Field's death (1620), and when he was too "grey" to play a young firebrand passed it to Swanston.〔Chambers, Vol. 3, pp. 253–4.〕 ''Bussy'' was revived early in the Restoration era; it was performed at the Red Bull Theatre in 1660, and often thereafter. Charles Hart was noted for the title role. Thomas d'Urfey adapted the play into a version called ''Bussy D'Ambois, or The Husband's Revenge'' (1691). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bussy D'Ambois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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