Многие люди задаются вопросом "Что такое травести?“due to lack of awareness in this area. There is also often confusion associated with the similar sound of the words“ travesty ”and“ transvestism. ”The first is associated with theatrical activities, and the latter is often observed in people with gender dysphoria cannot accept his sexual status.) An example of this is the recent film, the Oscar nominee - The Girl from Denmark.
Definition of term
Итак, давайте разберемся более подробно с travesty. The definition of the term suggests that this is a kind of theatrical role. It lies in the fact that the actor plays the role of the opposite sex, dressed in appropriate clothing. However, this concept is primarily associated with the case when an adult artist plays the role of a child (boy or girl).
This role originated mainly becausewhich is quite difficult to require from the child actor the exact execution of all the instructions of the director. In addition, children quickly grow up, and performances, as we know, can go on the theater stage for years and even decades. In the name of avoiding the constant input of new actors, children have come up with this way of playing. After all, an actress or actor can act in one role for quite a long time.
Hopefully, it has now become clear what travesty is.
From the history
Since the advent of the theater and untilsixteenth century, women were forbidden to go on the stage. However, no one has canceled women's roles, so they had to be played by disguised men. More often they were young people (boys) or castrates (because of their thin voice).
These traditions in the European sense have long become wilderness. However, in some national theaters they were kept for a very long time.
So, in the traditional theater of Japan it is still notwomen play. Male actors there are deprived of any age restrictions. Some Japanese have transferred their images to the screens in cinema. For example, Yukinojo played the role of a son and his mother in one film.
To understand what travesty in Japan is, it’s enough to watch their film versions of such works as Romeo and Juliet, Lady Macbeth, where all women's parties are performed by men.
Types of roles
В различные годы травести несколько меняло свой look. In the drama theater, this concept could imply the role of female actresses, who in the course of the action had to change into men's clothes (for example, for the pun). Examples include:
- Viola in the play "The Twelfth Night".The comedy based on the play of Shakespeare tells about Viol and Sebastian, twins. During the shipwreck they lose each other. The girl, dressed in men's clothes, remains in the palace of the Duke Orsino under the name Caesario. All anything, but only Viola falls in love with him, and Countess Olivia begins to dream about Cesario.
- Beatrice in the play "The Servant of Two Masters". The girl changes into her late brother's costume to track down her lover, who is accused of murder.
It may also seem interesting whattravesty in the opera. There, of course, no one plays in disguise. This term is used in relation to the sex of parties. For example, if an opera singer plays a musical part of a young man, she is called travesty.
For example, the part of the shepherd Lelya in “The Snow Maiden” was performed by opera singer Anna Bichurina (1882), the part of Zibel in “Faust” was performed by Elena Gribova, Margret Elkins, Michel Coman.
Russian artists
In Russian cinema quite often wewe see an actor in travesty, but he doesn’t even think about it. Who does not remember the fabulous Babu Yaga? Her role throughout his life played the brilliant George Miller. And Alexander Kalyagin in the movie "Hello, I am your aunt"? All these are examples of travesty.
In the Soviet theater and cinemathe horizon was their travesty divas. For example, Yanina Jeimo, who has played teenage girls all her life because of her frail physique. Her most famous work was the role of Cinderella. At the time of filming, the actress was almost forty years old.
Here are more examples of actors who have tried themselves in this role:
- Olga Bgan, who performed the role of the Little Prince;
- Larisa Golubkina. In her film debut in the film "Hussar Ballad" she performed the role of Shurochka Azarova, dressed as a cornet;
- Lia Akhedzhakova. She started her career in the theater with this role.
Travesty is widely represented on the stage. It is worth remembering only Verka Serduchka, New Russian attendants.
Foreign artists
За рубежом актриса-травести — это большая rarity. Basically, this role is owned by male actors. But it is possible to cite as an example the work of Sarah Bernard in the film "The Duel of Hamlet", where she played the main character.
In Hollywood, the most significant roles in this role went to Michael J. Fox, who in the Back to the Future trilogy played his character (Marty McFly) at different ages, as well as his son and daughter.
And the incomparable Dustin Hoffman embodied onTV screen image of Michael Dorsey, forced to dress as a woman named Dorothy Michaels to stay with his children, with whom he separated after divorcing his wife.
From recent films, Eddie Redmain’s work in The Girl from Denmark can be distinguished. For his reincarnation, the actor was nominated for an Oscar.
