English Dictionary

coup de théâtre

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌkuː.də.teɪˈɑː.tɹə/

名詞

A sudden or unexpected event in a play, pulled off by the author, the director, or even an actor. / A theatrical trick or gesture, something staged for dramatic effect.

日本語の意味

舞台上や劇中で、作者、監督、俳優などによって仕掛けられる、予想外の劇的な展開や仕掛け、あるいは劇場的なサプライズといった意味。

During the final scene, the director introduced a coup de théâtre that left the audience gasping.

最後の場面で、演出家は観客を息をのませるどんでん返しを仕掛けた。

意味（1）

A sudden or unexpected event in a play, pulled off by the author, the director, or even an actor.

This may be due to the fact that Aeschylus, in the last play of the Oresteia (458 B.C.), brings him to Athens to stand trial for his mother's murder--a coup de théâtre that would have been spoiled if he had come from there in the first place.

意味（2）

A theatrical trick or gesture, something staged for dramatic effect.

I had arranged to track her husband down, reason with him, work on his feelings, telegraph for his wife, and in an affecting interview throw them into each other's arms. Now, goodness knows what would happen. Certainly not my beautifully conceived coup de theatre.

coups de théâtre （ plural ）