Produced by Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, directed by Wang Huan, and co-starring Gong Xiao, Shen Lei, Yang Ning, Wen Yang, Wang Yinong and Wang Hua, Ibsen's play "Doll's House" premiered last night at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center Drama Salon. This masterpiece of drama by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen is a typical social problem drama, mainly revolving around the awakening of the heroine Nala, and ending with Nala's departure.
Over the years, "Doll's House" has become a classic play staged by the world's major theaters. The "Doll's House" interpreted this time is the third work directed by director Wang Huan after "Love Letter" and "Desire StreetCar", he said that this time", "Doll's House" explores marriage, "In the 'most intimate relationship' established by people themselves, how can they see themselves in each other's eyes? "Having a happy marriage, cute children, spoiling your husband, friends to talk to... Will life be fulfilled because of this?
The stage space is a "home" full of dangers and grotesques: there is no division between the living room, the bedroom and the study, and the six actors are free to shuttle between them, the whole time, but no one has really stepped out of this space. Walls, tables and chairs, fireplaces, bookshelves and other elements of the home are painted white, as if there is no room for any secrets; everything seems to be everyday, but the details are strange: the well-behaved tree grows out of the living room and seems to be overturning the roof in the next second; the atmosphere should be warm At the Christmas Ball, eerie electronic music is played, and the characters dress up in animal head suits and dance with their own shadows like dolls... And when the secret of the heroine Nala is revealed, the whole space begins to twist and deform under the action of the stage installation, the floor rises, the furniture falls, the actor is suspended in mid-air - the accessible door in Ibsen's original script becomes untouchable...
The Doll's House was the first sensation caused by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and to this day is his most famous and iconic play. At the beginning of publication, since nothing could be more sacred to Europeans than the contract of marriage, the depiction of marriage in "Doll's House" caused great controversy. The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, however, was heartened by Ibsen's "willingness to examine the spirit of society without prejudice." Because Of Nala's departure from home from traditional behavior and the conventions of drama, her act of slamming the door when she leaves home has also become a representative of the play.
In his 1905 book Iconoclasts, the American writer James Hunek praised "the slamming of a closed door that reverberates on the roof of the world." ”
In 1879, just two weeks after the script was published, it was staged in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Norwegian critic Eric Berg praised Ibsen's creative and technical mastery: "There are no impassioned words, no exuberant theatrical acts, not a drop of blood, not even a single tear." "And every show sold out. In the following years, the play was staged in Norway, Germany and the United Kingdom.
During the May Fourth Movement, China also began to stage "Doll's House". In 1918, "New Youth" also published a special "Ibsen Special" to let Chinese know that there was a woman named "Nala" in the West, who dared to resist sexism and bravely ran away from home, and finally got rid of the fate of "dolls" bound by husband's power. During this period, Lu Xun, Hu Shi and Mao Dun, three pioneers of the "May Fourth" new cultural movement, also interpreted and judged the "Doll's House" from their own different angles, reflecting their new thinking on women's emancipation at that time.
When talking about the special features of this version of "Doll's House", director Wang Huan believes that "Doll's House", which has been reopened in each era, should have its unique value. Ibsen himself did not define "The Doll's House" as just a feminist work, "My interpretation of the theme will lead to the growth of marriage and the examination of self-control." I'm actually one of the audience and one in the story. This version of "Doll's House" will be Chinese and will be the present. ”
The new version of "Doll's House" on this round is played by Gong Xiao, a young generation of "little flowers of strength" who has played the heroine in classic dramas such as "Mrs. Academy", "Telephone Murder", "Desire StreetCar", and played the simple and kind wife Nala, who is loyal to her husband; Shen Lei, who played the male protagonist in popular works such as "Half Life", "Pillow Man" and "Doubt", played the selfish and hypocritical husband Haiermao, who supports the idea of male power, bringing a lively opponent scene to the audience. The two have also had tacit cooperation in many drama works and dubbing works such as "Oriana" and "Step by Step". This time, the re-cooperation has filled many audiences with expectations and excitement. In addition, Dr. Ruan Ke, played by Yang Ning, former director of Jiangsu Provincial Drama Theatre, Kristen Lin Dan, played by Actor Wen Yang, Neil Kroksteday, played by Actor Wang Yenong, and Helen, played by Actor Wang Hua, also won the hearts of the audience. It is reported that the play will continue to be staged until January 5, 2020.
Author: Tong Weijing
Editor: Tong Weijing