On the evening of November 28th, director LI Liuyi’s drama The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark was staged at the NCPA. The drama is produced by theatre director LI Liuyi with set designer Michael Simon and famous art director ZHANG Shuping.
Chinese popular outstanding artists, including HU Jun, PU Cunxin, LU Fang and JING Hao, performed the drama with superb skills, showing the charm of the Shakespearean classic to the audience.
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark was produced by Chinese artists under the “Shakespeare Folio Translation Project” of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and unveiled in simple but abstract stage scenery.
To maximally retain the charm of the original play, both traditional elements and modern symbols are applied to the scenery design and visual modelling of this version.
Director LI Liuyi said, “To revive The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, we spent lots of time reading the script. After comparing the translations by ZHU Shenghao, BIAN Zhilin and LIANG Shiqiu, we finally chose LI Jianming’s translation, which preserves the tradition and reflects the contemporary spirit.”
The story made up four hundred years ago, was easily understood by the contemporary audience, and the performers acted out the classic of a philosophical theme exquisitely with every detail rendered to the life.
HU Jun said frankly, “I found there is no difference between the story made up four hundred years ago and the reality. I grasped the subtext in the script. I put myself in it and discovered many different interpretations. The various possibilities are none other than the greatest charm of this drama.”
HU Jun's wife LU Fang starred in the drama to play the queen and Ophelia. It is worth mentioning that HU Jun and LU Fang work together again on the stage after a dozen years, and that their daughter Jiujiu also played a “singer” on the stage.
As a Chinese actor that has starred in the largest number of Shakespeare’s and Chekhov’s plays, famous dramatic artist PU Cunxin played the King of Denmark and the ghost of the former king.
Other artists who have partnered with director LI Liuyi for many times also gave a wonderful performance that evening. The drama will be performed for eight times altogether for drama lovers and come to an end on December 5th.
On the evening of November 28th, director LI Liuyi’s drama The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark was staged at the NCPA. The drama is produced by theatre director LI Liuyi with set designer Michael Simon and famous art director ZHANG Shuping.
Chinese popular outstanding artists, including HU Jun, PU Cunxin, LU Fang and JING Hao, performed the drama with superb skills, showing the charm of the Shakespearean classic to the audience.
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark was produced by Chinese artists under the “Shakespeare Folio Translation Project” of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and unveiled in simple but abstract stage scenery.
To maximally retain the charm of the original play, both traditional elements and modern symbols are applied to the scenery design and visual modelling of this version.
Director LI Liuyi said, “To revive The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, we spent lots of time reading the script. After comparing the translations by ZHU Shenghao, BIAN Zhilin and LIANG Shiqiu, we finally chose LI Jianming’s translation, which preserves the tradition and reflects the contemporary spirit.”
The story made up four hundred years ago, was easily understood by the contemporary audience, and the performers acted out the classic of a philosophical theme exquisitely with every detail rendered to the life.
HU Jun said frankly, “I found there is no difference between the story made up four hundred years ago and the reality. I grasped the subtext in the script. I put myself in it and discovered many different interpretations. The various possibilities are none other than the greatest charm of this drama.”
HU Jun's wife LU Fang starred in the drama to play the queen and Ophelia. It is worth mentioning that HU Jun and LU Fang work together again on the stage after a dozen years, and that their daughter Jiujiu also played a “singer” on the stage.
As a Chinese actor that has starred in the largest number of Shakespeare’s and Chekhov’s plays, famous dramatic artist PU Cunxin played the King of Denmark and the ghost of the former king.
Other artists who have partnered with director LI Liuyi for many times also gave a wonderful performance that evening. The drama will be performed for eight times altogether for drama lovers and come to an end on December 5th.
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