Last night, the large-scale historical drama "Shang Martingale" returned to the premiere place - Yunfeng Theater after 25 years, which is of great significance. The famous director Chen Yiyi re-directed the tube, and joined hands with the shanghai dramatic arts center to share the stage with the three generations of outstanding actors of the old, middle and young generations, and once again interpreted this classic in the history of Chinese drama on the stage, and the audience applauded endlessly at the end of the curtain.
"Back at Yunfeng, it reminds me of a lot of things from 20 years ago." Chen Yiyi was surrounded by actors on stage, and the 83-year-old personally sat in the daily rehearsal, but in fact, on February 9 this year, she just finished a cancer resection, "You see, now nothing is happening, this hurdle has passed." Chen Yiyi encouraged young people to pay attention to their own lives and let their lives bloom with the greatest brilliance, "Life is always great!" ”
"The most difficult thing about 'Shang Martingale' is to choose actors, and this group of actors is quite good, which can be said to be the best version of "Shang Martingale" in 25 years." Last night, Chen Yiyi invited Zhang Xianheng, Lou Jicheng and other old artists from the premiere performance lineup 20 years ago to the stage.
When the post-80s met the "post-80s", Chen Yiyi smiled, and she borrowed a line from "Shang Martingale" to encourage the younger generations, "Confucius said a word, and the latecomers came first!" The afterlife is terrible. This rare "same frame" indicates that the charm of classic and humanistic drama will be relayed by generations. The old artists each emotionally repeated it, and the Yunfeng Theater once again surged with ambition and pride.
In the autumn of 1996, "Shang Martingale" premiered at the Yunfeng Theatre. "It's a script that took seven years to write, and it's a script that was shelved for eight years before it could be put into action." It traveled almost to china's famous theaters before finally appearing in Shanghai. Screenwriter Yao Yuan wrote emotionally after the premiere: "I always believe that "Shang Martingale" will not become obsolete, because it writes history, writes about life, and writes about a culture that has been frozen in China for thousands of years. At the end of 1996, Zhu Rongji, then vice premier of the State Council, watched "Shang Martingale" at the Capital Theater in Beijing, and commented: "Watching this drama, the ambition and pride are born!" ”
The magnificent momentum, deep themes and individual characters make "Shang Martingale" a big golden signboard for the conversation. Since 1996, "Shang Martingale" has been performed for a long time, and its footprints have spread throughout Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Suzhou, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and has won many praises and praises, and has won many awards such as Baosteel High Art Award, the 7th Wenhua Award, the 97 China Caoyu Drama Literature Award, the 4th Shanghai Literary and Artistic Achievement Award, and many other awards. In 2003, the play won the "Top Ten Fine Repertoire" of the National Stage Art Quality Project. It was selected as one of the "Top Ten Fine Repertoire" of the National Stage Art Quality Project and was praised as "a masterpiece that cannot be bypassed in the history of Chinese drama in a hundred years".
"Shang Martingale" was staged at the Yunfeng Theatre, as the premiere of the large-scale historical drama "Shang Martingale" in 1996, the newly renovated Yunfeng Theatre ushered in the return of "Shang Martingale". Classic elements such as war horses, carriages, and warriors re-emitted their brilliance on the theater stage.
"There are still stories about the five horses on this stage," Chen Saidyi humorously introduced to the audience, and before the stage synthesis was about to be completed, the stage designer came to her in horror and said, "Director Chen, it's not good, five horses are made into donkeys!" "What should I do if the size is wrong?" Chen Yiyi resolutely wants to change, "We must not make mistakes if we are wrong, China's terracotta warriors represent China's image and are oriented to the world." "You know, more than 20 years ago, a horse that cost 20,000 yuan was not a small number that could be decided casually. But in the end, Yang Shaolin made a decision, "Redo! The sincerity and determination of artistic creation instantly brought Chen Yiyi to tears, "These five horses have been following us for 25 years." ”
He Hurricane, who served as the assistant director of "Shang Martingale" this year, was a first-year student in the directing department of the Shanghai Theater Academy 25 years ago. Chen Yiyi recalled that at that time, there were 6 directing students studying in the crew of "Shang Martingale", but He Hurricane persisted to the end. Later, as soon as I graduated, I entered the upper talking work, and today I have become the executive director of "Shang Martingale".
When classic lines such as "Shang Martingale, born on the seventh day of May in the year of Xin Dynasty", "Arrogant and arrogant, incompetent, benevolent and righteous, and evil and evil" sounded on the stage, the historical legend of the Warring States period was no longer a distant record in the history books, and what was presented to the audience was the vivid history and the greatness of life. Twenty-five years later, the return of "Shang Martingale" at the Premiere Yunfeng Theater is undoubtedly a testimony to the original intention, history and life. It allows the audience to see the power of the stage and the power of the theater.
The main creators and cast of the 2021 drama "Shang Martingale" are still strong, and this round will be presented by Liu Peng, He Ping, Mai Duo, Zhou Xiaoqian, Guan Dongtian, Yang Shaolin, Xu Manman, Feng Hui, Wen Xiaowei, Chen Wenbo, Fu Chong, Gao Zepeng, Li Chao, Wang Jundong, Liu Xiaochen, Zhang Yun, He Hurricane, Zhang Huan (in order of actor appearance) and other actors.
The stills were provided by Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center and Mr. Chen Himself
Author: Tong Weijing
Edit: Jiang Fang