PRODUCTION Macbeth [Makebai]
Data Type:news
Author:Li, Yuling
Title:National Taiwan University Department of Theatre and Drama staged new version of Macbeth with elements from east and western cultures [Taida xijuxi quan shaweng mingju Makebai zhuru dongxi yuansu]
Source:United Daily News [Lianhe bao]
Place:Taipei
Date:2002/5/16
Language:Chinese
Abstract:The director, Vivian Ching-Mei Chu, incorporates Eastern aesthetic elements such as Chinese martial arts and Japanese Noh and Kabuki to create an intercultural theatre vocabulary and makes Shakespearean drama anew.

【台北報導】國立台灣大學戲劇學系師生總動員,今、明兩天在台北新舞臺演出莎士比亞四大悲劇之一的《馬克白》,以結合東西方戲劇美學的新貌重新詮釋莎翁名劇。《馬克白》為台大戲劇學系學期製作,由該系副教授朱靜美執導。

朱靜美指出,《馬克白》的演出已經構思了六年,直到今年才付諸實現,原因是她一直在思索如何為莎翁名劇注入新意。

朱靜美指出,這次台大戲劇學系演出的《馬克白》,除了保留莎翁戲劇風格,也加入東方美學意象,呈現跨文化的戲劇風格,例如在戰爭場景中運用了中國武術,女巫一幕則擷取日本能劇、歌舞伎的古典劇場訓練,增加儀式的神聖性。