"The audience watches the play and has their own opinions. It's normal to talk long and short. In the program book of the drama "Yongding Gate", Liu Jinyun, the old dean and screenwriter of Beijing Renyi, wrote. What do the audience think of this new drama? At the end of the first round of performances, a creative sharing session invited the audience to face to face with the crew of "Yongding Gate" to directly express their feelings or confusion when watching the performance.
"Although "Yongding Gate" has spy war elements, it is not just a simple story of catching spies, but to write about the people who are dragged forward in the torrent of the times", director Tang Ye said. The persistent Xiao Dali and the transformed Feng Jingbo are the core characters of the whole play, they have competed for 30 years, experienced joys and sorrows along the way, and persevered for most of their lives for their "obsession", until they were dying, Xiao Dali finally confirmed who was "5182", and Feng Jingbo finally knew that he had long been abandoned by the Jiang dynasty. Some viewers asked why when the truth was revealed, why did the emotions of the two not "collapse" so completely, but showed a trace of unwavering calm?
In the opinion of Miao Chi, who plays Feng Jingbo, such a long time has passed, "The moment you know the result, your mood is different from the beginning, maybe it will be very calm, maybe there will only be a sigh." Miao Chi and Yang Mingxin, who plays Xiao Dali, both feel that for these two people who have lived in struggle, questioning, and entanglement for decades, "collapse" is also a kind of "relief". Tang Ye revealed that only a week before the official performance, the crew decided to modify the tone of the ending to what the audience sees so far, "We still hope to be restrained and not collapse to the extreme." The moderate restraint here connects the final upward mood - the turntable rotates on the stage, the cross-section of the alley courtyard flows through the joys, sorrows, and fireworks of the world, Xiao Dali and Feng Jingbo gaze quietly, "The two of them want to move towards a place of hope." Tang Ye said.
In addition to Xiao Dali and Feng Jingbo, "In Yongding Gate" also depicts a variety of but distinct group portraits, such as Yan Xueyan played by Yuan Yu, who does not have many scenes, but has a lot of memorable points. Yuan Yu, who has liked Peking Opera since he was a child, showed his skills, and with a few words of rhyme and a few figures, he established Yan Xueyan as a famous singer in Liyuan. "At the beginning, the director asked me to use rhyme when reciting poems, and I felt very embarrassed that I couldn't pronounce it." Yuan Yu recalled. Tang Ye has another consideration: "The 'quantity' of Yan Xueyan's character is so large, according to the usual recitation, no audience will remember you, so you must highlight her characteristics." ”
Another major feature of Yan Xueyan is her purity, she spoke up and took the initiative to "apologize" for Feng Jingbo, and it has been more than 20 years, but many viewers are puzzled, where does this firm trust come from? "Yan Xueyan's personality is very hearty, chivalrous and courageous, from her point of view, this matter is because of her, so she dares to do it." Yuan Yu said. As for whether and what kind of love is between Yan Xueyan and Feng Jingbo, the script does not directly break it, "We didn't say it, and the audience can circle it according to their own understanding." "The freehand blank space is a deep and long flavor retained in "In the Yongding Gate", which can withstand repeated recall. Yuan Yu also plans to continue to polish the fire of this rival play with Miao Chi, hoping that the audience can see it more clearly in the next performance, "Keep rehearsing and growing, this is the charm of drama." ”
There was no cold scene in the 90-minute sharing session, and the audience's devotion to the work and interpretation of the details sometimes surprised the main creative team. For example, some people brush it 5 times in a row, and every time they see the second half, they burst into tears; Someone asked, how did Xiao Dali's wife die? From the sound effects and lights on the scene, everyone radiated various conjectures that surprised Tang Ye; Someone once lived in the area of the overpass, and the staggered scenery of the alleys on the stage not only awakened memories, but also aroused her exploration of the layout of the courtyard where Xiao Dali and Feng Jingbo lived; There are also people who substitute themselves for the protagonist's life choices, and they can't get out for several days, so that the stage designer Wang Wei has to use the plaque of "Life is like a play" in the play to comfort him. Life is like a play, drama is like life, although the curtain of "In the Yongding Gate" has fallen temporarily, the story in and out of the play has not ended, and it is still being written.