2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the beginning of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and the beginning of a new journey to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way. Just after the Spring Festival, the theaters and troupes have actively taken action to plan new plays, rehearse new programs, explore new forms, and artists have devoted themselves to artistic creation with full enthusiasm, hoping to come up with more and better works to give back to the audience and present gifts to the centennial birthday of the Communist Party of China.
The crew of "Wu Wang Jinge Yue Wang Sword" is rehearsing, and Pu Cunxin (second from the right) plays Yue Wang Gou Jian. Photo by Li Chunguang
"Hahahahaha..." Yesterday afternoon, in the rehearsal hall of "Wu Wang Jinge Yue Wang Sword" on the first floor of renyi, there was a song for a while, a trumpet sound for a while, and a full hall of laughter for a while, which made people wonder to probe to see what was happening so lively.
As the first big drama to be staged at the Capital Theater in the Year of the Ox, the rehearsal crew of "Wu Wang Jinge Yue Wang Sword" is probably the most complete crew of several generations of actors in Beijing at present, including the first generation of actors Lan Tianye sitting in the director, there are also retired Pu Cunxin as Yue Wang Gou Jian, as well as the middle-aged and young generation of Bao Dazhi, Lu Fang, Jing Hao, Zou Jian, Yuan Yu, the youngest of which is the students of the Renyi Performance Student Training Class.
Three or four generations in the same crew, can be so happy, the soul of the character is the 94-year-old blue sky wild. Speaking of Amano Sensei, the first thing everyone has to say is "Amano Sensei is too cattle, and we young people can't catch up with the spiritual head!" "The Sword of Wu Wang Jinge Yue Wang" was first performed in 1984, and the blue sky field that re-emerged in 2014 has re-arranged the play. Although the performance was resumed this time, because the main actors changed, it was like a new play was rearranged again. In the past two months, every day's rehearsals have been from one or two o'clock in the afternoon to eight or nine o'clock in the evening, and the actors do not have to come every day, but as a director, Lan Tianye comes to the rehearsal hall on time and on time every day.
Look at standing straight in the middle of the rehearsal hall, talking to the actors, talking about the blue sky of this play in the past life and this life, no one can imagine that he is 94 years old. The young people in the crew said that Amano Sensei became more energetic the more rehearsed, and now he is more energetic than when he first rehearsed. Yuan Yu, who starred in Xi Shi, said that he had worked with Teacher Lan in the "Home" crew before, and felt that he was very relaxed when he performed, and people were also very kind. But when it came to the rehearsal hall of "Wu Wang Jinge Yue Wang Sword", it was found that director Lan Tianye was particularly serious and had particularly strict requirements.
When the live actors show the footage, it can be seen that the requirements of the blue sky field are very meticulous. Although it is a demonstration in the rehearsal hall, he will also go forward to carefully check the placement of props. When the actors perform, he stares at them, his eyes are serious, his arms are hanging lightly in mid-air, and his palms are either gently tapping the rhythm with the music, or directing the direction of travel for the actors, and when they come into place, they slowly put down. When the actor inadvertently says the wrong word, he will not be harsh, but just laugh with everyone.
This is the third version of the play, Pu Cunxin, who originally played Fan Li, became Yue Wang Gou Jian, Fan Li was played by young actor Jing Hao, and the previous version of Xi Shi was Huang Wei, this time replaced by Yuan Yu, who played Ming Feng in "Home". Lan Tianye said that this rehearsal is like a new play, which will be borrowed from the original version, but it will not and should not be exactly the same, but it is necessary to integrate the original treatment with the new creation brought by the new actor this time, "The creation of the drama actor is like this, every rehearsal and even every performance is not repeated, so as to maintain the freshness of the work." ”
Blue Sky Wild is directing the play. Photo by Li Chunguang
Speaking of this play, Lan Tianye thought of the screenwriter of the play, the late old friend Bai Hua, and said with some choking: "His works from "Bitter Love" to "Wu Wang Jinge Yue Wang Sword" are always controversial and even criticized, but why does he insist on writing, because he loves this country, has the motherland in his heart, and if he has something he wants to say to the motherland, he will definitely say it. "In The view of Lan Tianye, this play is still of great practical significance today," and the feelings of home and country conveyed in the play will make everyone think about what I can do for the development of the country. ”
There is a blue sky field sitting under the stage, and the Dinghai God needle on the stage is Pu Cunxin. As a "Pu Brother" who is looked up to by many juniors, he will give everyone intimate help, and his own performance is a very relaxed state. In the first version of "Wu Wang Jinge Yue Wang Sword", yue wang Gou Jian this role is played by Lü Qi, which is also a predecessor that Pu Cunxin has always wanted to learn, so this time he "snatched" this role from Zou Jian, "Teacher Lü Qi's performance is exaggerated to the extreme, but it is very reasonable, he dares to do it sideways on the stage." ”
From a small clip on display, you can see that this hook is really spontaneous on the stage, there is a bit of a game state, but it is not a real game, "in the rehearsal hall you can play a performance, but you have to have the real thing." 」 Pu Cunxin said that Gou Jian is somewhat similar to Shakespeare's characters with complex personality split personalities, and uses negative characters to enrich the audience's understanding of human nature.
The seriousness and seriousness of the seniors also benefited the young people in the student class, "We thought that entering the crew was to look up to the senior artists, but we did not expect that they were very kind and enthusiastic, which not only allowed us to learn the business, but also learned the attitude of the predecessors to art, and more truly understand the standards of human art." ”
After the interview, the actors were scattered, blue sky and wild had not left, and he wanted to rest in the rehearsal hall for a while. He said that in addition to this play, this year he may also arrange a play by Mr. Cao Yu in the newly built Cao Yu Theater. (Reporter Niu Chunmei)