Abstract:

What do Shakespeare and Michelangelo have in common? William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton's Timon of Athens is labelled as unfinished, akin to Michelangelo's Prisoners sculptures whose fragmentary shapes inspired non-finito aesthetics. As the only Shakespearean play to mention sculpture, I argue that Timon of Athens invites a nonfinito interpretation that captures the infinite performativity of dramatic characters who, like Michelangelo's Prisoners, cannot escape their form. Accepting Timon—as is—reveals the process of collaborative playwriting and offers a creative license for interpretation to performers and readers alike.

摘要：

莎士比亚和米开朗基罗有什么共同点？威廉·莎士比亚和托马斯·米德尔顿的《雅典的泰蒙》被贴上未完成的标签，类似于米开朗基罗的《囚徒》雕塑，其碎片形状激发了非限定美学。作为唯一一部提到雕塑的莎士比亚戏剧，我认为雅典的蒂蒙邀请了一种非限定的解释，捕捉戏剧人物的无限表演性，就像米开朗基罗的囚徒一样，他们无法摆脱他们的形式。接受丁满（按原样）揭示了协作剧本创作的过程，并为表演者和读者提供了一种创造性的诠释许可。