From October 28th to 31st, the epic realist drama "The World of Man", adapted from the works of the famous writer Liang Xiaosheng Mao Dun Literature Award, was staged at the Jiangsu Grand Theatre. In the past half century, the fate of three generations of the Zhou family has fluctuated, touching the audience and also touching the Performing Arts circle in Jiangsu.
The drama is jointly produced by Yiwei Culture and Chinese Theater Line, produced by Jiangsu Grand Theater, and invited Yang Jiayin, winner of the National Theater Culture Gold Award and Beijing People's Art Theater, as the director, and Guo Jiaming, Xie Yunhe, Zhao Qin and other powerful stars to appear in Nanjing.
In the half century, the fate of three generations of the Zhou family has been ups and downs
The drama "The World of Man" lasts for 3 hours, condenses Liang Xiaosheng's 1.15 million-word masterpiece of 8 years of handwriting, taking the life trajectory of the children of the Zhou family in a northern provincial capital as a clue, telling the life and struggle of the protagonist Zhou Bingkun's family and more than a dozen civilian children living in the "light character film". In the time of half a century, the fate of the three generations of the Zhou family has been ups and downs, deeply touching the hearts of the audience, and in the body of the little people, it is enough to see the friendship, love and affection in the world, and it is even more warm everywhere.
With the three big characters of "Human World" hanging on the stage slowly rising, the performance of "Human World" officially began. Fifty years of world changes, half a century of moral perseverance, the good background engraved in the portraits of the citizens, and the temperament surging between the stories of the common people spread out on the stage, interpreting the joys and sorrows of the world.
Old objects such as age costumes, old-fashioned telephones, clocks and watches also set off the quiet of the old times, and the actors' shapes and performances also have taste and strength, which has a "epic quality of the times, life and soul".
Nanjing guys "go home" to act have pressure and motivation
Looking back at the development process of Chinese society and the mental journey of ordinary people in the past 50 years, the drama "In the World" has a precious cognitive and aesthetic effect. Guo Jiaming, the actor of the male protagonist Zhou Bingkun in the drama "The World of Man", said: "I was born in Harbin, the main location in the story is 'Light Character Film', which is very similar to the place where I grew up, and every character in the whole play can find the corresponding character in the environment where I grew up in childhood, which is like 'a play by my relatives'. Through the form of drama, the content will be given back to everyone and pay tribute to life. ”
It is worth mentioning that the post-90s actor Gao Gao in the crew is a native of Nanjing, playing the role of Cai Xiaoguang in the play. He said, "I am very excited to have the opportunity to participate in 'The World of Man'. I immediately bought the novel and read it all night, and I liked the role of Cai Xiaoguang at that time. As a high-ranking cadre, Cai Xiaoguang has no clumsy temperament, is affectionate and single-minded about feelings, and for the future of his lover, he endures separation and waits silently. In the field of career, in order to be closer to his lover, he studied hard and later became a director. Cai Xiaoguang's feelings are pure, full of imagination, and the whole person is full and challenging. ”
And this time "home" on the stage of the 2021 Zijin Culture and Art Festival, he has pressure and motivation. "Before I could share the news, relatives and friends around me asked me if I was going to perform in Nanjing, and they all said that they wanted to come to the scene to support." I am also very honored to have this opportunity, eager to present the real scenes in "The World of Man" to the Jiangsu Grand Theatre and bring it to the audience in my hometown. ”
The audience said, "We're not going to be a thoughtless bean."
After the performance of the Jiangsu Grand Theatre, the audience received rave reviews, and some audiences said that the stage and the stage shared the world, and the true and sincere performance on the stage gave the characters a vivid life, and the image of a group of Chinese people with feelings, righteousness, tenacity, kindness and integrity was established on the stage, and also led the audience into their ups and downs.
Some fans said that when they opened the first page of the original "Human World" last year, they looked forward to it being put on the stage! There is a book complex, and there is also an unconcealed love for this drama, and the degree of restoration of the original work is relatively high. Everyone has their own pursuits, or lofty political ideals, or romantic and beautiful love, or a down-to-earth life. The torrent of the times has changed personal destiny, but every Zhou family has always adhered to the faith in the family, willing to be emotionally tied, even if there are misunderstandings and differences, they are silently warm to each other.
More audience members said that the sentence that gave him the deepest understanding on the stage was "We don't want to be a thoughtless soybean."
The show business said: The drama version gives everyone an immersive feeling
The performance of "The World of Man" in the Jiangsu Grand Theatre has been highly praised by well-known writers and actors in jiangsu literary and art circles. Fan Ming, a well-known actor "old drama bone", said that the novel tells about the changes of the times, and when the novel becomes a drama stage image, the novel characters go to the stage to become more three-dimensional, which can conquer the audience. The charm of the drama is rare, and the boldness of the drama producer is also very touching.
Lu Min, vice chairman of the Jiangsu Writers Association and winner of the Lu Xun Literature Prize, said: "When we see the name of this book, "In the World of People", we will think of what we want in the world, what we are working hard for, and these classic literary works often leave a great soothing effect. Teacher Liang Xiaosheng's work "The World of Man" has a long time span, represented by the family, and narrates the fate of people in the era of sorrow and joy. The adaptation of the drama version has made a general refinement and typical summary, and everyone will have a sense of immersion after watching it. ”
He Tongbin, a well-known literary critic, believes that the history presented in "The World of Man" spans nearly fifty years, involving a series of social hot spots, not only has a magnificent and grand atmosphere of the times, but also has a real and delicate presentation of civilian life and their adherence to ideals and emotions. Through their own thinking, experience and acting skills, the actors restore and present the identities, classes, lives and emotions of those characters with a strong sense of the times.
Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Kong Xiaoping
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