Learning on ScreenLi Er Zai Ci
- Alternative title
- Lear is Here
- Synopsis
- A version of King Lear using the theatrical formalism of Beijing opera as a medium in which to read Shakespeare’s play. The director translates Lear into a three-act, one-actor piece of performance art, taking on nine of the characters himself: Lear, Goneril, Regan, Cordelia, Gloucester, Edgar and Edmund, the Fool and the Earl of Kent.
- Language
- Chinese - Mandarin (PRC)
- Country
- Taiwan
- Medium
- Multimedia; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 2001
- Duration
- 120 mins
Credits
- Director
- Wu Hsing-Kuo
- Music
- Lee Yi-Chin
- Production Design
- Chang Ho-Chin
- Costume
- Tim Yap
- Cast
Wu Hsing-Kuo
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Taipei Novel Hall
- Theatre company
- Contemporary Legend Theatre Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- King Lear
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Cross-dressing; Beijing Opera; Gender reversal
Notes
- Notes
- The full performance may be accessed at http://web.mit.edu/shakespeare/asia (accessed 10.2010).
- History
- Produced by Dangdai chuanqui [The Contemporary Legend Theatre] of Taiwan in Paris and New York, 2000; Taipei, 2001; Japan, Singapore, Macau, and Seoul, 2002-2003; London and Hong Kong, 2003; Taipei, 2004; Berlin, 2006; and at the Lincoln Centre Festival, Rose Theatre, New York, NY, 12 July 2007.
- Textual information
- Lee Li-heng is dramaturg
- Reviews
- Oestreich, James R. New York Times 14 July 2007, pp. A15, A19; Lin, Erika T. Shakespeare Bulletin 28, no. 1 (2010): 188-91; Huang, Alexander. ‘Shakespeare, Performance, and Autobiographical Interventions’ in Shakespeare Bulletin: A Journal of Performance Criticism and Scholarship 24. 2 (Summer 2006): 31-47.
Archive
- Name
globalshakespeares.mit.edu
- globalshax-www@mit.edu
- Web
- http://globalshakespeares.mit.edu External site opens in new window
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