PRODUCTION As You Like It [Jie da huanxi]
Data Type:news
Title:Students to Perform Shakespeare Comedy
Source:China Post [Zhongguo youbao]
Place:Taipei
Date:1976/5/19
Language:English
Abstract:As You Like It performance information

Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It will be performed by graduates of the Drama Department of the College of Chinese Culture at the National Taiwan Arts Center on Nanhai Road, Taipei today at 7 p.m. and will last until May 23.

The play, jointly directed by Prof. Wang Sheng-shen and Yang Chin-pon, is one of a traditional series held every year since the college was founded, as part of the Hwa Kang Art Exhibition.

The Department has performed Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and many other Shakespearean dramas.

After the play Han Kun Chun Chiu, a drama by Lee Man-kwei, a Chinese drama pioneer, directed by Peng Shin-tsia and Lin Kao-le, will be presented.

Tickets for As You Like It are priced at NT$60 and NT$40, while tickets for the Chinese play are free.

Picture shows the faithful servant (right) persuading his young master Orland (left) to run for his life.