PRODUCTION Sonata of the Witches [Nuwu zoumingqu]
Data Type:essay
Author:Liao, Yu-ru
Title:The Battle Between the Witches and Macbeth: Reflections on Aesthetics Extended from Shakespeare's Macbeth and Lu Po-Shen’s Sonata of the Witches – The Macbeth Verses [Nuwu yu Makebai zhi zheng Shaju yuandian yu Lu Boshen Nuwu zoumingqu Makebai ship
Source:Journal of Chinese Literature of National Cheng Kung University [Chengda zhongwen xuebao]
Place:Tainan
Publisher:Department of Chinese Literature [Zhongguo wenxue xi], National Cheng Kung University [Guoli chenggong daxue]
Volume, Number:21
Date:2008/7
Pages:167-192
Language:Chinese
Abstract:This essay compares the original Macbeth and the 2003 production of Sonata of the Witches: The Macbeth Verses, plus a comment on the 2007 performance, and discusses the reasons why director Po-Shen Lu emphasizes the witches, his aesthetics, and the questions the play raises for Taiwan theatre.