The 6th Lao She Theater Festival launches “Drama Night”, four classic dramas are screened online

Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) As the central and closing event “Drama Night” of “Looking at Beijing 2022 The 6th Lao She Drama Festival” on December 28, Peking Opera troupe, Tianqiao Shengshi, Beijing Puyi Culture and Beijing No. 166 Middle School will screen repertoires adapted from Mr. Lao She’s works online for free for a limited time, and create an online cloud theater for the Lao She Drama Festival to provide people with spiritual and emotional comfort in the form of drama .

From 15:00 on December 28, the Peking opera “Longxugou” brought by the Peking Opera Company will be staged first. The original script of the opera was created by Mr. Lao She, and the script was adapted by the researcher of traditional Beijing opera and senior national playwright Zhang Yonghe (written), in collaboration with director Gu Wei. Then, at 17:30, the play “Teahouse” performed by the Jinfan Repertory Troupe of No. Middle School was screened. 166 of Beijing. Beijing No. 166 Middle School is the first Jinfan drama school in Beijing, and is also a pioneer school in developing drama education for middle school students. 45 student actors played 50 roles on the stage. By understanding the story, getting into the situation, appreciating the characters, and honing their acting skills, the students vividly performed well-known classic plays on the stage.

On the afternoon of December 28, the Beijing opera “Longxugou” and “Tea House” performance performed by the Jinfan Repertory Troupe of Beijing No. 166 Middle School will be broadcast live.

At 19:30 on the same day, the drama “Lao She Going to the Market” jointly produced by Beijing Performing Arts and Beijing Tianqiao Shengshi will be screened for the audience. The show selects six essays and short stories by Lao She from ‘Twenty Notes for Drama Audiences’, ‘Creating Disease’, ‘Sacrifice’, ‘Black and White Plum’, ‘Neighbors’ and ‘My Ideal Family’. “, and at the same time borrowed the title of Lao She’s first short story collection “Going to the Market”. At 10.15 pm on the same day, the last play to be shown was the drama “Two Horses” produced by Beijing Performance Co., Ltd. The play tells the story of Ma Zeren (Old Ma), a citizen of Beijing, who is caught in a crisis in a foreign country due to the death of his older brother who was doing business in London, and takes his son Ma Wei (Xiao Ma) to London to inherit his older brother’s business, a Chinese antique shop Emotional, ethical and interpersonal crises.

On the evening of December 28, “Lao She Goes to the Market” and “Two Horses” will be broadcast live.

It is reported that during the screening of the four plays, Gu Wei, the director of “Longxugou”, Li Yinghao and Zhu Xueyan protagonists of the drama “Tea House”, Liu Xinran, an actor of “Lao She Going to the Market”, and Fang Xu, the screenwriter, director and actor of “Two Horses”, will be included in the Recommenders directory, which makes online recommendations for viewers.

Edited by Tian Si Ni

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