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On the evening of November 10, the national centre for the performing arts' newly produced drama "The Count of Monte Cristo" made its debut at the theater. Starring Yu Yang, Sun Li, Zhao Ling, Luo Wei, Sun Lishi, Wang Weiguo, Fu Pengxu and the actors in the play, in three hours to dedicate a wonderful revenge drama to the audience, pay tribute to the world literary classics, and explore the power and meaning of love and hope.
The Count of Monte Cristo is the national theatre's annual drama launched at the end of 2020, and is the 94th play and the 18th drama production produced by the National Centre for the Performing Arts. On the basis of retaining the classic story line and character setting of the original work, the drama "The Count of Monte Cristo" creatively divides the male protagonist Edmond Duntis into three different periods, played by two actors. The premiere of the night, accompanied by the sound of huge waves, two Duntis separate the center of the stage, one of them is due to yang played by young Duntis, the other is played by Zhao Ling, the 34th prisoner Duntis, young Duntis is the first mate of the "Pharaoh", he is full of spirit, about to be promoted to captain, and a beautiful fiancée Mexi Tess. Yu Yang shows the vitality of Duntis's youth with superb acting skills, like the sunshine of Marseille, infecting every audience. As the plot progresses, Duntis is framed and imprisoned by his friends Dunglass, Fernan and the prosecutor Villefort, tortured in the death row of Fort Yves, 14 years have not seen the light of day, Zhao Ling, who plays a prisoner, accurately grasps the changes in the mood of the characters, and shows The transformation of Duntis from confusion to sudden enlightenment and then to hatred in his heart is vividly displayed, and the layers of emotions push the whole play to the climax.
The first half of the play follows the traditional rules of theatrical creation, the characters are independent and distinct, the story lines are clear and smooth, and the scenes profoundly restore the style of 19th century French civilian society, which can instantly bring the audience back to the situation. In the second half, the male protagonist incarnated as the Count of Monte Cristo returned strongly, taking revenge on those who had framed him, different from the traditional narrative and aesthetic style of the first half, the second half of the play was more exaggerated and grotesque, yu Yang played by the Count of Monte Cristo and the prisoner played by Zhao Ling often appeared in the same scene, the former was bent on revenge recklessly, the latter began to reflect on the meaning of revenge, the two of them are two sides, both characters and hearts, but also the dialogue between the lord and me and the self, is the entanglement of love and hate, It is also a contest between the Lord's revenge and self-redemption. Eventually, after the trial and punishment of the three framers, the Count of Monte Cristo also began to reflect on the meaning of hatred, and finally understood the meaning of forgiveness, believing that only "inner freedom, kindness and goodness are the source of people's pursuit of fairness and justice." This is also the thinking that Dumas passed on to all readers through "The Count of Monte Cristo" more than a hundred years ago, and it is also the important significance pursued by the National Centre for the Performing Arts to adapt this classic work.
In addition to the wonderful performance of Yu Yang and Zhao Ling on the stage of "two people playing the triangle", Mei Xi Tess, played by Sun Li, also became one of the highlights of the premiere night. In the first half, Mexi Tess is a pure girl who loves Duntis deeply, Sun Li shows a girl's dependence and expectation on her lover very well, feminine and powerful; in the second half, Mexi Tess is a countess with sorrow written between her eyebrows, whether it is the struggle to meet the Count of Monte Cristo but cannot recognize each other, facing the pain of her husband Fernand and her son Albert being taken as the object of revenge by their former lovers... Several emotional superpositions, Sun Li is still presented with ease, highlighting female charm in many male roles. In addition, Luo Wei, an actor of the National Centre for the Performing Arts Drama Cast, played the role of Fernan and Sun Lishi as the prosecutor Who acted unjustly under the guise of the law, and the young actor Fu Pengxu played the sinister and cunning DengGlass, and the three formed a "frame-up group" with their excellent acting skills. A number of powerful old drama bones also joined the play, actor Wang Weiguo played the wise Father Faria in the play this time, the voice of the most recognizable let the audience feel more intimate, the two old drama bones - Chen Qiang, who played the old Duntis / parliamentarian, and Wang Guoqiang, who played the old Wilfour / Duke, also had excellent performances in the play, which was impressive.
On the night of the premiere, the stage design of the play "The Count of Monte Cristo" was finally unveiled: in the center of the stage, a rectangular box of space became the main scene of the play - it is both the sunny city of Marseille and the overcast Château de Vieux Prison, which is a glittering high society and a court of trial symbolizing fairness and justice, showing change in the unchanged and focusing on the audience's attention. Liu Kedong, a stage designer, said: "The first act (the first half) of the whole play pays attention to realism, and the second act (second half) focuses on the rewriting, combining virtual and real, moving and moving freely, which is the contrast between love and hate, and it is also the struggle process of revenge and redemption. (The text illustration is the premiere photo of the drama "The Count of Monte Cristo" Photo: Luo Xiaoguang, Ling Feng, Xiao Yi, Niu Xiaobei)