Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News reporter Chen Yuhao
On the afternoon of September 29, the closing drama "Dream of the Red Chamber" of the Hangzhou Drama Festival held a meeting of the main creators at the Hangzhou Theater.
As the grand finale of the 10th anniversary of the drama festival, "Dream of the Red Chamber" was produced by the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, and the national first-class screenwriter Yu Rongjun created a new creation based on Cao Xueqin's classic masterpiece.
At the meeting site, producer Pei Shushu, starring Tian Shui, Chen Shan, Li Li, Ding Meiting, etc. also shared some stories of the Dreaming Red Chamber with the Audience in Hangzhou.
"Red Chamber Love", a fool's dream
"Duyun author is stupid, who understands the taste", this is a sentence written by Cao Xueqin at the beginning of "Dream of the Red Chamber". It is not only Cao Gong himself who is a fool who dreams, but in the hundreds of years since the advent of "Dream of the Red Chamber", there are not a few people who are obsessed with it. Zhang Ailing said: "Like "Dream of the Red Chamber", most people have watched it several times in their lives. "Even if you have not read this masterpiece, the characters and classic bridges in the play are widely known.
Over the past few decades, "Dream of the Red Chamber" has adapted many dramas, film and television works, and its response has also been different. For the creator of the drama "Dream of the Red Chamber", adapting and interpreting this Chinese classic masterpiece is a great challenge, and it can be said that it is an "adventure".
The huge work of nearly one million words is condensed into a 6-hour drama, which not only presents those classic reading scenes and distinct and flexible personalities, but also brings a new interpretation of it with great currentity.
At the press conference, producer Pei Shushu shared the fate of the adapted and rehearsed drama "Dream of the Red Chamber" and their "crazy" words and "crazy" deeds.
Jia Mu in the play is played by "old drama bone" Tian Shui. Tian Shui said that he and screenwriter Yu Rongjun, sitting in the office are facing each other, "He asked me to play Jia Mu, and I joked with him, 'I'm too young,' right? ”
In Tian Shui's understanding, Jia Mu is a person with a high "double quotient" and sees everything very thoroughly, "caring for everyone like a big parent".
Tian Shui also quipped that in the play, she often went down on stage with a sigh, but each sigh was a finishing touch and played an important role in carrying and turning.
In the whole rehearsal process, what moved Tian Shui the most was the spirit of the entire crew, "Push open the door of the rehearsal room, either you see someone rehearsing, or you see someone holding a thick dream of the red chamber reading, the atmosphere is particularly good." ”
Jia Baoyu is played by the northwest boy Chen Shan, the director just found him, Chen Shan shook his head like a rattle, "My impression of Jia Baoyu is 'full moon-like face, snow white skin', and I am completely different." ”
But while groping in line, Chen Shan gradually had his own understanding, "It's not that it has to be similar, in fact, Jia Baoyu can be you or me, it can be the same as every man's youth." ”
In addition, Ding Meiting also reviewed her own feelings for the role of Wang Xifeng; Li Li, the actor of Baochao, also analyzed the expression of emotions in her heart when playing Baochao.
"Dream of the Red Chamber" is a dream of the main creators and actors of the play, and it is also the place where their dreams begin. It is precisely because of the "madness and infatuation" that everyone is lonely and courageous, and they have the presentation of today's drama version of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
A dream conversation between a "dreamer" and a "dreamer"
"Dream of the Red Chamber" has now completed its premiere in Shanghai. Soon after the opening of the Shanghai show, the entire box office was sold out, and after the first round of performances, the media, the industry and the audience continued to praise.
This drama was introduced by the Hangzhou Drama Festival, and was recommended by artistic director Meng Jinghui, and even the actor Ma Yili sent several after-effects after watching it.
Its innovative presentation and costumes are also praised. After watching the performance, the audience said that the scene can follow the people in the play to experience the spiritual shock of "love to the end" and feel the rise and fall, beauty and disillusionment of Ning Rong Erfu.
If Cao Xueqin is a "dreamer", the audience is a "dreamer", and what is indispensable between them is the creator and the actor - they as "dreammakers" deconstruct and reshape this dream, transforming the utopia and reality inside and outside the Grand View Garden into a real and false art world.
The drama version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" tries to open the spiritual world of the original "Dream of the Red Chamber", establish a dream time and space in the theater, use the logic of the dream to organize events, show the spiritual map of all sentient beings, and pursue the inner will and spiritual integrity, which is a look at the "Dream of the Red Chamber" by the "dream maker" and the "dreamer" standing in mid-air.
From October 1st to 2nd, the drama "Dream of the Red Chamber" will be staged at the Hangzhou Theater. As the closing drama of the 10th anniversary of the Hangzhou Drama Festival, I also look forward to everyone walking into the theater and being the "dream person" together.
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