In:
Theatre Research International, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 42, No. 2 ( 2017-07), p. 119-131
Abstract:
Since the 1980s the Taiwanese theatre troupe Contemporary Legend Theatre (CLT) has been devoted to transforming jingju by way of adapting world classics. Through an analysis of its adaptation of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (2005), this article considers how CLT pushes the boundaries of jingju acting, which is made up of singing, speaking, dance-acting and combat. To meet Beckett's challenge of performing comic failure, CLT integrates jingju restraint and Western slapstick. In so doing, CLT liberates the actors’ bodies from jingju conventions to produce a new aesthetic, which also gives the original play a new metaphysical interpretation.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0307-8833
,
1474-0672
DOI:
10.1017/S0307883317000256
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2017
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2045177-5
SSG:
9,3
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