From September 17th to 20th, the original drama "The Tale of Two Wings", written by Zhu Hongxuan and Ye Ziling, directed by Zhu Hongxuan, and starring Zhang Wei, Yang Nan, Bao Kaihua, Ye Hao and Xiang Anqi, premiered at the Damai Chao Theater. This is the latest work in the Republic of China intellectuals series created by the Drama Nine Troupe founded by Peking University graduates, and it is also the last work of the Drama Monthly Exhibition for the Tenth Anniversary of drama. At 19:30 on September 20 and 10:00 on September 21, "The Tale of Two Wings" will also be screened twice online in the live broadcast room of the nine-person official account of the drama station B.
Since September, the 10th Anniversary Drama Month held by the Drama Nine has brought a lively stage feast in the form of "One Play a Week". From the beginning of the month to the end of the month, from the young and crazy to the mournful middle age, the story of the Republic of China universe is staged one after another. Different from the excitement of "Four Machines" and the delicate and gentleness of "Spring Death", this time the new work of the Republic of China intellectuals series "Double Maple" not only delivers blood and loneliness, but also buries deep affection and sorrow.
The story of "The Tale of The Two Wings" takes place in Jiangning, Nanjing, in the spring of the 22nd year of the Republic of China, where Cheng Wuyou in prison will be tried tomorrow, and his friend Lu Bo'an visits late at night, bringing him an unexpected defense lawyer, the former friend of lang Shibiao. When they were teenagers, the three were confidants, chess friends and opponents who talked about everything, but they were alienated from each other for twenty years. Can this particular defense continue? On the chessboard, victory or defeat is difficult to decide; the dark room is faint and the fire is clear. The three protagonists in the play, Cheng Wuyou, Lang Shibiao, and Lu Bo'an, all had innocent and brave youth. They have also made a wish to build a new world of freedom and equality. However, the turning of the situation in the past twenty years has witnessed their tacit friendship of enmity and darkness, but it has also contributed to the evolution and diversion of each other's concepts and the separation of friendship. This literati drama in prison has no shortage of witty arguments between you and me, and there is no lack of humor and affection in the works of the nine people, but the background of the whole drama is always difficult to say.
The most rare thing about "The Tale of Two Wings" is that it not only looks at the big picture, writes about the love of the robe and the righteousness of the family and the country, but does not let go of the subtle flame of the details. Lang Shi is well-informed, and in front of true friends, he never treats people with worldliness. Cheng Wuyi is stubborn and stubborn, but he will also quietly back down. Lu Bo'an can no longer find his former self, but at this moment, "relying on the loss between academia and politics" is not a kind of bitter persistence under the dilemma. In addition to the three male intellectuals, the two women in the play, Shao Yuzheng and Feng Xiaohan, represent the ordinary people of that era, who no longer stay in the slogans of intellectuals, but live as independent individuals, interpreting knowledge, truth and light from another perspective.
As the third work in the series of intellectuals of the Nine People's Republics of China, "The Tale of Two Wings" has many echoes and intertextualities with the previous "Four Machines". It first retains the role of Lu Bo'an in "Four Machines", allowing people to glimpse the growth of the same character in two works, and witness how the once wild and arrogant young Professor Lu turned to the edges and corners. The audience's biggest tears fell on the simple and gentle Professor Qiu, and his encounter between Cheng, Lu and Lang became an indelible scar. This is the magic of the Universe of the Nine People's Kingdoms. It breaks through the narrative of a single work, recording the separation of life and death and the change of ideals in a larger time span.
The strong humanistic feelings of the play and the wonderful interpretations of the actors have won unanimous praise from the audience. The audience "Abbas's Twilight" commented: "Even if there is snow and wind in the world, there are always people who will never leave." The best part of the Nine People's Republics series, deep, subtle, sharp, and compassionate. The audience "Cream Sydney Wine" said: "From Beiping to Shanghai to Jiangning, after watching the Nine People's Republics Intellectuals series in the same theater, the nine-person universe was completed. If "Four Machines" is an academic passion for exploring the road to national salvation, then "The Tale of Two Wings" is a life choice after practicing ideals and beliefs. I used to think that freedom was the most important thing, but more important than freedom was tolerance. Freedom is the battle, tolerance is undefeated. Candles never go out. ”
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Wang Run
Edited by Gao Qian
Process Editor Wu Yue