Source: King Lear
Group: Dada Drama [Dada jutuan]
Premiere: 2012
Place: Taipei
Venue: Theatre Hall, Performing Arts Center [Biaoyan yishu zhongxin xijuting], Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Director: Lu, Ai-ling
Crew: Lu, Ai-ling (adaptation); Liu, Yu-xian (director's assistant); Tsao, An-huei (lighting design); Lin, Shi-lun (set design); Zhang, Yi (music design); Lin, Fa (musician, guqin); Liu, Yi-ling (musician, percussion); Chen, Tai-fu (graphic design); Feng, Da-wei (photographer); Xu, Bin (photographer); Yang, Ru-qiang (stage manager); Liu, Bo-yan (stage technical design); Guo, Xin-yi (lighting technology); Zhu Zheng-sheng Studio (makeup); Liu, You-ling (stage manager's assistant); Qing, Xiao-de (lighting designer's assistant); Zhang, Hong-cheng (assistant internship); Zhou, Pei-rong (associate producer); Dai, Cheng-en (publicity)
>>see more
>>see less
Cast: Zhu, Ke-rong (Lear); Shi, Kun-cheng (Kent); Shi, Bi-yu (Goneril); Cheng, Yu-ting (Regan); Huang, Zhi-jia (Fool); Chen, Zhao-rui ( Cordelia); Lin, Fa (Duke of Burgundy); Lin, Fa (King of France); :Lin, Fa (Chorus): Liu, Yi-ling (Chorus)
>>see more
>>see less
Language: Mandarin
Genre: drama
Year of Recording: 2012
Rights: Dada Drama [Dada jutuan]
Prénom: Lear [Mingjiao Lier]
FILES  
Introduction; 
video (1); 
production background (5); 
program (1); 
photo (1); 
interview (1); 
publicity (1); 
news (1); 
review (2); 
essay (1); 
bio (15)
Loading the player...
This personal and familial drama mixes and matches Shakespeare's early modern court intrigues, modern family, and postmodern narrative and performance techniques. An added scene depicting rivalry among three daughters in a modern family is followed by a rather faithful presention of the original love contest and kingdom division. Then a chorus directly confronts the audience, asking "What would you do?" Such deliberate incongruity in style is also manifested in the play's use of vocal music, creating an alienating effect.
1.
Data Type: video
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Mandarin
1.
Data Type: production background
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: an account of the troupe's artistic concepts and objectives
2.
Data Type: production background
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: This adaptation keeps the original plotline and focuses on the the relationship between the father and daughters, the siblings and Lear's psychic pain in the face of his folly. It dispenses with political references and stages the story of Gloucester and his two sons in a play-within-a-play.
3.
Data Type: production background
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: The production is an experimental one that accommodates tradition, creation and differences across boundaries separating East and West and distinct performance systems.
4.
Data Type: production background
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: synopsis
5.
Data Type: production background
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: synopsis
1.
Data Type: program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: It contains director's notes, synopsis of King Lear and Prénom: Lear and bios of the cast and crew.
1.
Data Type: photo
Author: Xie, Dong-liang
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012
Abstract: 65 photos by Xie Dong-liang
1.
Data Type: interview
Author: Wu, Derjk; Lee, Chieh-Chun
Source: Arts @ Facebook [Yiwen feisibu]
Publisher: Quanta Arts Foundation [Guangyi jijinhui]
Date: 2012/11
Language: Chinese
Abstract: In this word by word transcript of the interview, Director Lu Ai-ling shares her ideas of adaptation and her experience in cooperating with the cast across cultures. She expresses her financial concerns during the production and her efforts in managing the theatre. Last, she speaks on her own understanding of the structure and meaning of traditional family and how the production attempts to respond to domestic issues in modern Taiwan.
1.
Data Type: publicity
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: 2 posters
1.
Data Type: news
Author: Wang, Yi-ru
Source: China Times [Zhongshi dianzibao]
Date: 2012/11/17
Language: Chinese
Abstract: Lu Ai-ling reappears on Taiwan's stage after nine years with a production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy. She thinks King Lear is relevant, and the protagonist is almost a contemporary Taiwanese.
1.
Data Type: review
Author: Jia, Yi-zhen
Source: Layman Loves Shows [Hangzaiwai ei ren ai kanxi]
Publisher: udn.com
Date: 2012/11/20
Language: Chinese
Abstract: Tha author reveals that Director Lu Ai-ling founded Dada after recovering from an illness. This production is a dialogue with Taiwanese society as King Lear's stubborn idea of love and Gloucester's story reflect family problems in modern Taiwan.
2.
Data Type: review
Author: Hiiragi
Source: A Portrait of a Cook as a Young Man [Yiwei nianqing chushi de huaxiang]
Publisher: Pixnet
Date: 2012/12/11
Language: Chinese
Abstract: The reviewer finds Cordelia’s foolhardiness adorable. The story of Gloucester is obscure due to the dual roles in the play-within-the-play. The appearance of Chinese teacups, fans and the music instrument guqin seems inappropriate but, overall, the play deserves recognition for conveying values in such a different light.
1.
Data Type: essay
Author: Liao, Baboo
Source: Performing Arts Review [PAR biaoyan yishu]
Place: Taipei
Volume, Number: 240
Date: 2012/12/4
Language: Chinese
Abstract: Lear is representative of everyone in modern Taiwan where the milieu is in disorder and disharmony. Actors from diversified fields and professions bring in different cultures, by which means the director stages this play. This is part one of a family ethics trilogy, dealing with the relationship between father and daughters. Part two will be adapted from Ibsen’s A Doll’s House from female perspectives.
1.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: actor bio
2.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: actor bio
3.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: actor bio
4.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: costume designer bio
5.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: actor bio
6.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: stage designer bio
7.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: stage technical designer bio
8.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: actor bio
9.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: playwright-director bio
10.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: actor bio
11.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: actor bio
12.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: lighting designer bio
13.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: stage director bio
14.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: music designer bio
15.
Data Type: bio
Source: Prénom: Lear Performance Program
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Dada Theatre [Dada jutuan]
Date: 2012/12/7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: actor bio