Director: Wang Xiaoying
Playwright: Yu Rongjun
Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts – Theatre
Dates: June 19 – 28, 2009 19:30
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Programme Introduction
As one of the hottest classic novels in the world performance circles, Jane Eyre has been re-produced in films or TV Plays, or even adapted into a music drama, from the stages in West End to the theaters on Broadway in New York.
In 2009 an original drama Jane Eyre jointly produced by National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and National Theatre Company of China, which is adapted by the translation from an English love novel Jane Eyre, praised as “a novel gaining the largest number of readers in the world”. This drama is directed by famous director Mr.Wang Xiaoying, and performed by Ms.Yuan Quan and Mr.Wang Luoyong. It has Jane Eyre’s life and love reappeared.
Synopsis
Jane Eyre’s parents both died when she was a child, and she had to live from childhood with her uncle. After her uncle’s death, her uncle’s wife sent her to live in an orphanage where she suffered a lot. After she grew up, Jane Eyre came to Thornfield and became the tutor to the foster girl of Mr. Rochester, the master of the Villa. Though Mr. Rochester was mature and was very haughty, his soul was caught by Jane Eyre, a simple and pure girl, so they fell in love with each other. On the day of their wedding ceremony, Jane Eyre unexpectedly knew that Mr. Rochester’s wife didn’t die but was mad and had been cabined in the manor, so Jane Eyre left the Villa. In an outback place far from Thornfield, a pastor helped her to become a village teacher. Later the pastor asked Jane Eyre to marry him, but she turned him down, for she hadn’t forgot the love between Mr. Rochester and her. She returned to Thornfield, and found it had fallen into ruins. Mr. Rochester became blind, but he stayed and waited for her at the manor. Seeing this scene, Jane Eyre couldn’t help throwing herself into his arms…
Director: Wang Xiaoying
A national first-grade director, with a degree of Dr. of drama in stage direction, vice president of National Theatre Company of China and vice president of Chinese Dramatist Association, one of the first of “the Talents of the Four Ones Project”; awarded the State Council special allowance. He gained the titles of “Excellent Drama Workers” and “Outstanding Directors of the New Century” awarded by the Ministry of Culture of P. R .C, and won many kinds of prizes such as “the National Culture Projects” for excellent director, “Gold Lion Award” for excellent director, “Cao Yu Prize” for excellent director and excellent critic, prize for excellent director in Chinese Opera Festival, prize for China Small Theatre Opera Festival, Chinese Literary Criticism Award and Five One Project Prize.
Playwright: Yu Rongjun
A national first-grade playwright; serves as a playwright, producer and General Manager Assistant at Shanghai Drama Art Centre. He has won many kinds of important prizes both at home and abroad including “Gold Lion Award” for excellent playwright, prize for excellent playwright in National Play Show, Lao She Prize for Youth Literary and Award for Outstanding Social Achievements in Cairo International Experimental-drama festival.
Lead Cast
Yuan Quan – “A Drama Princess” on the Stage
In 2000, Yuan Quan graduated from The Central Academy of Drama, Beijing and won the prize for the best female supporting roles of Gold Rooster Award (2000) by the role she acted in the film Spring Rhapsody; she won the Mention Prize of the Best Female Supporting Role of Gold Rooster Award for her excellent performance in film Shanghai Stories, the prize for the best female role of Beijing College Students Film Festival and the Mention Prize for the Best Female Supporting Role of Gold Rooster Award. In 2002, she again won the Prize for the Best Female Supporting Role of Gold Rooster Award for her excellent performance in the film A Pair of Beautiful Big Feet.
Yuan Quan is always active on drama stage, and is praised as “A Drama Princess” by media. The dramas she has performed and won widely praises include: The Butterfly Lovers; Hurricane; I Have Heard of Love; Amber; Song of Film; The Peach Blossom Land etc.
Wang Luoyong – The First Chinese Singer in Broadway
After graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy, Wang Luoyong went to USA for a further study of drama performance in Boston Shakespeare Troupe. In 1989, he finished his further study and gained M.F.A from the Theatre Academy of Boston University. Later, he was engaged as an associate professor teaching drama performance at University of Wisconsin, USA.
He continued to apply for Broadway for eight times and had his wishes fulfilled at last. In Broadway, he performed the male leading role in a famous drama Miss Saigon, which continued for one thousand sessions and he was praised as “The First Chinese in Broadway” who performs as a leading actor in the longest period in Broadway. After returning to China, he is busy at the creation and performance of dramas, films and TV plays as a performer, director as well as a playwright, and gained many kinds of important prizes and a lot of critics’praise and attention.
(Source: ebeijing.gov.cn)
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