矢代靜一（1927～1998）是日本天主教劇的代表性劇作家。代表作有〈城堡〉（1953）〈畫中妻子〉（1959）〈黎明時消失〉（1968）〈宮城野〉（1970）〈北齋漫畫〉（1973）〈黃昏的故事〉（1982），還有由其女兒毬谷友子於世界各地不斷上演、再演的獨腳戲〈彌彌〉（1992）等。本論探討之〈喜劇 誘拐―誠實地說謊〉（1965）寫於矢代受洗前4年，在矢代以天主教作家，撰寫信仰告白代表作〈黎明時消失〉一劇之前。尤其〈黎明時消失〉一劇，雖然作者意欲否定神，但在結局依然肯定神的存在。從此一觀點來思考，不難理解前作〈喜劇 誘拐〉似乎有著天主教的影子、需要透過聖經解釋方能瞭解劇中內容。從本劇劇名不難瞭解本劇為一齣有關誘拐事件的劇作。劇中人質拒絕回家而住在誘拐犯的家中，而「贖金」交付予誰則是劇中一大設定手法。希望各位能注意劇中「贖金」一詞，來閱讀整篇劇作。
YASHIRO,Siichi is the one of most famous dramatist. He was wrote many drama. For example ＂SHIRO＂ (1953) ＂ESUGATA-NYOBO＂（1959）＂disappearing at dawn＂（1968）＂miyagino＂（1970）＂HOKUSAI-manga＂（1973）AND ＂YAYA＂ （1992） It treats in the main subject-＂COMEDY KIDNAPPING＂ was written at (1965)-it is written four years before Yashiro was converted. and it is written before [ as a confession of faith as Yashiro's Catholic's writer ] ＂disappearing at dawn＂-it is. If it thinks from the point of being a work affirmed after all, denying God by ＂it disappeared at dawn＂ especially, Probably, there are some which can be read by carrying out a certain Catholic's shadow and the interpretation like the Bible to ＂COMEDY KIDNAPPING＂ written before it after all. This drama is a talk involving a kidnapping incident, as the title shows. In a drama, the person who became a hostage refuses going home, it stays on at a kidnapper's house, and it has become big dramaturgy whose hand the ＂ransom＂ includes. I would like to develop reading paying attention to the word ＂ransom.＂
