Source: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Group: National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao], Department of Jing Ju [Jingju xuexi]
Premiere: 2003
Place: Taipei
Venue: Performing Arts Center [Yanyi zhongxin], National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts Muzha Campus [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao Muzha xiaoqu]
Director: Chang, Hsu-nan
Crew: Cheng, Rom-Shing (producer); Wan, Yu-min (artistic director); Chang, Hsu-nan (script); Chang, Hsu-nan (associate producer); Fei, Yu-ping (composer); Wang, Xing-zhong (composer); Lin, Yi-yu (set design); Lin, Yi-yu (lighting design); Lin, Ching-ju (costume design); Zhu, Pei-zhen (administrative manager); Lin, Yi-yu (technical manager); Fan, Chao-wei (technical director); Deng, Jia-li (stage manager); Song, Jin-long (conductor); Lu, Yong-hui (percussion leader); Zhao, Lu-jia (string leader); Wu, Ming-sheng (music director); Xing, Yuan-lin (makeup); Huang, Yi-ling (rehearsal assistant); Lin, Pi (photographer); Zang, Zheng-yi (general affairs); Li, Kai (back stage manager); Zhang, Yi-pei (props); Lin, Zhi-yuan (production assistant); Huang, Xing-hui (production assistant); Chen, Yong-zhi (costume assistant); Huang, Yu-hui (production assistant); Ren, An (stage manager's assistant); Ren, An (public relations); Xue, Yi-wen (publicity); Ye, Yi-ting (box office); Lin, Wen-bin (back stage assistant); Zhang, Zuo-li (back stage assistant); Yuan, Zi-xiang (back stage assistant); Xie, Jun-xian (back stage assistant); Taipei Gongliao (graphic design); Chen, Jin-hong (graphic design); Lin, Zhi-yuan (subtitles); Lin, Zhi-yuan (playbill)
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Cast: Ren, An (Qianjin / Hermia); Zhang, Zuo-li (Qinlang / Lysander); Xue, Yi-wen (Mingzhu / Helena); Yuan, Zi-xiang (Kong, Fang-jun / Demetrius); Huang, Yu-hui (Old Chen); Chen, Yong-zhi (Little Zhao); Lin, Zhi-yuan (Director); Xie, Jun-xian (Old Lu); Ye, Yi-ting (Fairy Queen / Titania); Lin, Wen-bin (Fairy King / Oberon); Huang, Yi-ling (Puck); Huang, Xing-hui (Boy); Li, Shi-han (Fairy); Zhang, Xiang-ting (Fairy); Wu, Zong-qi (Fairy); Zhang, Zhe-ming (Fairy); Su, Jian-fu (Fairy); Zhang, Chong-ming (Fairy)
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Language: Mandarin
Genre: jingju (Beijing opera, Peking opera)
Year of Recording: 2003
Rights: National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao, Department of Jing Ju [Jingju xuexi]
A Midsummer Night's Dream [Zhongxiaye zhi meng]
FILES  
Introduction; 
video (1); 
production background (5); 
program (1); 
photo (1); 
publicity (1); 
news (2); 
essay (2); 
bio (10)
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This adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream condenses and localizes Shakespeare's romantic comedy with xiqu elements, using only 13 actors. It appears in several versions, as jingju and gezaixi. This youthful production is done by the graduating jingju class of the National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts.
1.
Data Type: video
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream Performance Video
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Mandarin
1.
Data Type: production background
Title: About Department of Jing Ju
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: department information
2.
Data Type: production background
Author: Wan, Yu-min
Title: Department Head's Notes - A Better Life with Chinese Opera [Xiqu ban wo rensheng geng meimiao - jingjuke zhuren de hua]
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: The department head acknowledges the students' hard work and wishes them the best.
3.
Data Type: production background
Author: Chang, Hsu-nan
Title: Director's Notes - A Dream Comes True [Chuangzuo de mengxiang - daoyan de hua]
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: The adaptation is a condensed version with only 13 actors. There are two things worth of notice: Lin Ching-ju's costume design and the concurrence of a gezaixi adaptation.
4.
Data Type: production background
Author: Cheng, Rom-Shing
Title: President's Notes - Traditional Chinese Opera Given A New Life [Chuantong xiqu xin shengming xiaozhang de hua]
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: Traditional Chinese opera attempts to update by revising old stories and incorporating foreign materials. The president of National Taiwan College of Perfoming Arts hopes that the students can instill a new life for traditional Chinese opear.
5.
Data Type: production background
Title: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Synposis
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: synopsis of the adaptation
1.
Data Type: program
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: The program contains an introduction of the department, notes from the department chair and the playwright-director, a synopsis, and a list of cast and crew.
1.
Data Type: photo
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream Photos
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Abstract: 7 photos
1.
Data Type: publicity
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream Flyer
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: flyer
1.
Data Type: news
Author: Chi, Hui-ling
Title: Graduating Class of the National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts Presents A Midsummer Night's Dream in Both Jingju and Gezaixi [Xizhuan biye gongyan he Shashibiya Jingju gezaixi tong chang Zhongxiaye zhi meng]
Source: Minsheng Daily [Minsheng bao]
Place: Taipei
Date: 2003/5/2
Language: Chinese
Abstract: The National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts present A Midsummer Night's Dream in jingju and gezaixi, while adding elements of folk music and modern theatre to the traditional operatic genres.
2.
Data Type: news
Author: Li, Yu-ling
Title: Jingju Also Has A Midsummer Night's Dream [Jingju ye zuo zongxiaye zhi meng]
Source: United Daily News [Lianhe bao]
Place: Taipei
Pages: 10
Language: Chinese
Abstract: The news article surveys forthcoming performances, including 2 productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
1.
Data Type: essay
Author: Lin, Ying-nan
Title: Reminiscent of Devils: The Metamorphoses of Puck in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream [Mojie zhuanshen jingling Pake bianxing ji]
Source: Taipei Theatre Journal [Xiju xuekan]
Place: Taipei
Publisher: School of Theatre, Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue xiju xueyuan]
Volume, Number: 10
Date: 2009
Pages: 199-222
URL: http://1www.tnua.edu.tw/~TNUA_THEATRE/files/archive/316_59c4b349.pdf
Language: Chinese
Abstract: The fairy and the devil have long been closely related in western culture. It has been so either from the definitions of both terms or from interpretations of the art. Puck in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an agile, comic fairy, who is capable of assuming various shapes and playing tricks on others. But, in terms of cultural origins, the fairy’s image, in fact, also undergoes drastic metamorphic changes. Through an analysis of the play’s relevant passages and a re-contextualization of Early Modern English culture, the article seeks to re-explore the fairy’s origins from folklore, mythology, and religion; it re-examines, as well, how Shakespeare converted and tamed the devilish image of“puck”to create his own Puck. To elaborate on Puck’s metamorphoses, several related productions and adaptations of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a range of media and genres will be discussed to further illustrate Puck is reminiscent of devils both in this play and in cultural history
2.
Data Type: essay
Author: Chang, Hsu-nan
Title: A Romantic New Chapter for Xiqu: Adapting A Midsummer Night's Dream [Xinbian xiqu de langman pianzhang Zhongxiaye zhi meng xiquban bian dao chanshu]
Source: Performing Arts Journal [Taiwan xizhuan xuekan]
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: The playwright-director speaks about her ideas on adapting A Midsummer Night's Dream into xiqu. The essay covers an analysis of Shakespeare's original and an account of her ideas.
1.
Data Type: bio
Title: About Chang Hsu-nan
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: playewright-director bio
2.
Data Type: bio
Title: About Fei Yu-ping
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: composer bio
3.
Data Type: bio
Title: About Lin Ching-ju
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: costume designer bio
4.
Data Type: bio
Title: About Lin Yi-yu
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: stage and lighting designer bio
5.
Data Type: bio
Title: About Lu Yong-hui
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: percussion leader bio
6.
Data Type: bio
Title: About Song Jin-long
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: conductor bio
7.
Data Type: bio
Title: About Wang Xing-zhong
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: composer bio
8.
Data Type: bio
Title: About Xing Yuan-lin
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: makeup artist bio
9.
Data Type: bio
Title: About Zhao Lu-jia
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: string leader bio
10.
Data Type: bio
Title: About Zhu Pei-zhen
Source: A Midsummmer Night's Dream Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan College of Performing Arts [Guoli taiwan xiqu zhuanke xuexiao]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: manager bio