In the community on Revolutionary Road, the family moved away, and a couple moved in.
In this comfortable, decent, well-organized apartment, they found a basket of old letters...
This is how a past unfolded.
Love, marriage, reality, ideals...
In the yellowed letter, there is such a story.
Although it is too ordinary, even a chicken feather, it seems to be out of date.
I want to tell you about it here —
/ I was sorting out my dress and just wanted to get up and write to you /
frank:
Hello!
I don't know if I should write this letter to you, but I think maybe we have the same electrocardiogram.
Even though it's been two weeks since the prom ended, I can still remember the first time I saw you that night.
You look so clean, shy, and answer my questions with such sincerity and seriousness.
Actually, I still have questions for you. Maybe we should meet again?
Iber
At home
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/ I still regret arguing with you on the way home /
Aibo:
Dear wife, for the performance of the other day, I would like to say that you acted really well.
During this time, you are preparing for the performance day and night, you must be very tired. So now, the most important thing for you should be rest.
I'm really, really sorry to argue with you and throw tantrums at you on the way home that day. I feel very guilty about it.
I would say that I never thought of not supporting your career and work, I just felt unworthy of your time.
I know you and I've been working hard for a better life, but I don't want you to work so hard. Ask your forgiveness again.
And, living in a house on the revolutionary road, life is really good, I think we should try to live happily, okay?
frank
office
/I'm here every day waiting for you to come home/
I have a lot to say to you these days.
Day after day, two points and one line of work life is very silent and boring, I can understand your unhappiness. Because so am I.
Although in your eyes, I don't have to squeeze the subway, I don't have to be overwhelmed by crowds, I don't have annoying bosses, and I don't have endless work.
But repetitive chores, strange neighbors, and a life of housewives with no end were about to overwhelm me.
I can certainly remember how happy we were on the first day we moved into this house, when we and the kids finally had a big lawn at the door. But, actually, we're both not having a happy life, right?
On your 30th birthday, I made a proposal to go to Paris to live, and how did you think about it?
I've never lied to you, and in the back of my mind, you've always been the one who has ideals and talents that keep me hooked.
I hope you still have the life you want to live after the age of 30, and I want to help you get back to who you were.
On the lawn at home
/I've been really busy lately/
Listen to me, Aibo, I have never wavered in my decision to live in Paris.
Really, when I talk to my colleagues, when we talk to my neighbors, even when I mention the departure plan to my boss, I'm as determined as you are.
My concern is not how crazy our ideas and decisions are, but from the perspective of me, the head of the family, there are many things worth planning carefully before we go. This takes time.
You don't know how complicated things are in the workplace. After you told me you were pregnant, my mood was even more mixed.
I've been under really stress lately.
Honey, is it okay to wait until we finally implement our plan?
In a restaurant near the company
/I really hate this unchanging place/
During this time I really wanted to forget the plans we had to move to Paris.
You've got a promotion and a raise, we're ready to have another child, life looks better and better, and we're not separated from our former friends.
Everything seemed to make sense again. But I felt less and less happy.
Losing my possibility made me panic again. Even more panicked than in the past.
If I hadn't had hope of moving to Paris, if you hadn't committed to me, maybe I could have been better than I am now.
Stop telling me about your "every man makes a mistake", I don't want to hear it.
I don't think I care anymore, I don't care about everything in front of me. Let me be alone. Don't come and talk to me again.
In my eyes you are just a selfish, self-conscious person.
This is the last time I will write to you to leave a message. No need to reply.
Near home
/Better we're starting from scratch/
Aibo:
Sorry, I didn't sleep all night after arguing with you.
I have too much sorry to say.
Sorry, I didn't finish the pact with you to live in Paris.
I'm sorry, I was furious and out of shape in front of my friends.
Sorry, I'm going to irritate you with peachy news about me.
Sorry, I accepted my promotion to keep us here.
I'm sorry I made you do so much housework and child-rearing chores over the years.
I don't know what else I can do to ask for your forgiveness.
I work so hard and just wish we could have a better life.
So can we calm down? Let's talk about it.
I hope we can save this life that is getting worse and worse.
Living room at home
(The letter is not opened)
A basket of letters was read, and life went on.
One family moved away and another family moved in.
The houses on revolutionary road are still neat and shiny.
What happened to the protagonists in the letter, their lives?
9.9-9.12, the drama "Revolutionary Road" debuted in the 2021 National Centre for the Performing Arts International Drama Season, starring Sha Yi and Hu Ke, revealing the story behind the letter for you.
These six letters about love, marriage, reality, and ideals, I believe that in the play, you will find the answer to each one.
Performance information
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2021 National Centre for the Performing Arts International Drama Season
Sha Yi and Hu Ke starred in the drama "Revolutionary Road"
9 September to 12 September
National Theatre, Theatre
Lead Actors:
Sha Yi Hu Ke
Starring:
Li Longyin Chen Hongmei Li Duo Yang Liu Tian Xiaowei
Liu Wenyi Wang Xilu Wang Xufeng Zhang Naitian Xie Shiyu Zhao Yang Guan Bowen
Producer: Huapeng Culture ShahuQiu Culture Fruit Movie Blue Sky Culture Media
Production: Huapeng Culture
Producer: Wang Pengfei Sha Yi Hu Ke Yue Xiang Wu Weiwei
Original: Richard Yates
Director: Jiang Tao
Producer: Wang Pengfei Yue Xiang Adapted by Screenwriter: Tian Xiaowei Zhu Zhu
Planner: Jiang Xiaohan Producer: Li Yanda Qu Jing
Stage Design: Wang Chen Lighting Design: Han Jiang
Multimedia Design: Liu Mian Costume Design: Li Yuduo
Styling design: Liu Hui Sound effect design: Zhang Jixin
Original music: Lin Junhui, Chen Yubin (InterMusic Production, Hong Kong, China)
Body Guidance: Incomprehensible Graphic Photography: Liu Guokun (Toolle Studio) Technical Coordinator: Song Haijun
Acknowledgements: Shanghai Translation Publishing House (publisher of the Chinese edition of the novel "Revolutionary Road") Little Shakespeare Theatre Art Space
Copyright partner: Shanghai Zhishang Culture Media Co., Ltd
Based on the book:
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Copyright© 1961,1989,The Estate of Richard Yates
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