Source: Hamlet
Group: Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Premiere: 1999
Place: New Taipei
Venue: Theatre Hall, Performing Arts Center [Biaoyan yishu zhongxin xijuting], Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Director: Wang, Yong-qing
Crew: Ma, Ting-ni (producer); Lin, Guo-yuan (producer); Fu, Yu-hui (associate producer); Fang, Guo-yan (associate producer); Müller, Heiner (script); Zhong, Ming-de (translation); Zhuang, Shi-xian (set design); Huang, Ya-yu (costume design); You, Li-hua (lighting); Lin, Gui-ru (music design); Liu, Xiang-xiang (movement coach); Lin, Dong-yang (art director); Shi, Shun-sheng (technical director); Zhao, Yu-ying (stage manager); Guo, Liang-ting (director's assistant); Guo, Xin-zhi (rehearsal assistant); Wu, Yi-nan (rehearsal assistant); Xiao, Zhen-jie (sound effect operator)
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Cast: Huang, Jia-ping (Gertrude); Guo, Xin-zhi (Chorus); Wu, Yi-nan (Chorus); Ye, Dan-qing (Chorus); Li, Wan-ting (Chorus); Chen, Hui-chun (Mother of God); Zhou, Bo-rong (Ophelia); Wang, Shi-wei (Hamlet); Pu, Jian-ming (Claudius); Lin, Fo-an (Horatio); Xie, Shu-jing (Chorus); Huang, Kai-lin (Chorus); Lin, Yu-ling (Dead Ophelia); Wang, Jing-guan (Chorus)
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Language: Mandarin
Genre: drama
Rights: Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Hamlet Machine [Hamuleite jiqi]
FILES  
Introduction; 
production background (10); 
program (1); 
news (1)
A deconstruction of Hamlet based on the German playwright Heiner Müller, the production presents conflicts between ration and civilization (represented by Hamlet) and primitive instinct (represented by Ophelia). The design features geometric form and achromatism.
1.
Data Type: production background
Title: About the Department of Theatre Arts [Guanyu xiju xuexi]
Source: Performance Program of Hamlet Machine
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Date: 1999/12/24
Pages: 27
Language: Chinese
Abstract: department information
2.
Data Type: production background
Title: About the Department of Theatrical Design and Technology [Guanyu juchang sheji xuexi]
Source: Performance Program of Hamlet Machine
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Date: 1999/12/24
Pages: 27
Language: Chinese
Abstract: department information
3.
Data Type: production background
Author: Huang, Ya-yu
Title: Costume Designer's Notes
Source: Performance Program of Hamlet Machine
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Date: 1999/12/24
Pages: 7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: With cold colors and geometric patterns, the costume designer aims to deliver weirdness in a minimalist style. Metals, accessories and makeup are crucial components.
4.
Data Type: production background
Author: Wang, Yong-qing
Title: Director's Notes
Source: Performance Program of Hamlet Machine
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Date: 1999/12/24
Pages: 5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: The director sees this play as a brain with reason and morality on the one side and instinct and desire on the other, respectively represented by Hamlet and Ophelia. The two collide repeatedly throughout the five sections of the play.
5.
Data Type: production background
Title: Historical Background of the Script [Juben beijing jieshao]
Source: Performance Program of Hamlet Machine
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Date: 1999/12/24
Pages: 3-4
Language: Chinese
Abstract: Created by German playwright Heiner Müller in 1977, Hamlet Machine is a postmodern play that reviews the predicament of the humanity in light of German society and history since WWI. The play follows the tradition of German theatre to educate the public.
6.
Data Type: production background
Author: You, Li-hua
Title: Lighting Designer's Notes
Source: Performance Program of Hamlet Machine
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Date: 1999/12/24
Pages: 7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: lighting designer's notes
7.
Data Type: production background
Author: Lin, Guo-yuan
Title: Producer's Notes
Source: Performance Program of Hamlet Machine
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Date: 1999/12/24
Pages: 2
Language: Chinese
Abstract: Chairperson of the Department of Theatrical Design and Technology considers this play a thorough deconstruction of the original Shakespeare.
8.
Data Type: production background
Author: Ma, Ting-ni
Title: Producer's Notes
Source: Performance Program of Hamlet Machine
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Date: 1999/12/24
Pages: 1
Language: Chinese
Abstract: Chairperson of the Department of Theatre Arts notes that the initials of the play's English title (Hamlet Machine) are the same as the playwright’s (Heiner Müller), and proposes the view of seeing the performer, the director, the playwright and the character as one.
9.
Data Type: production background
Title: Scenes in Hamlet Machine [Jjuqing changci jieshao]
Source: Performance Program of Hamlet Machine
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Date: 1999/12/24
Pages: 3
Language: Chinese
Abstract: the six scenes in this play
10.
Data Type: production background
Author: Zhuang, Shi-xian
Title: Set Designer's Notes
Source: Performance Program of Hamlet Machine
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Date: 1999/12/24
Pages: 7
Language: Chinese
Abstract: set designer's notes
1.
Data Type: program
Title: Performance Program of Hamlet Machine
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
Date: 1999/12/24
Language: Chinese
Abstract: The program includes information of five productions. The part of Hamlet Machine includes a list of cast and crew, historical background of the play, and notes from the cast and crew.
1.
Data Type: news
Title: School of Theatre Arts Presents Graduation Productions Hamlet Machine and Half Moon [Xiju xuequn biye gongyan Hamuleite jiqi Ban ge yueliang]
Source: Department of Theatrical Design and Technology, Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue juchang sheji xuexi], Website
Publisher: Department of Theatrical Design and Technology [Juchang sheji xuexi], Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue]
URL: http://theatre.tnua.edu.tw/~www-d/show/881224.htm
Language: Chinese
Abstract: performance information