Performance Review: The White Snake, Constellation Theatre Company, Washington, D.C., April 25–May 26, 2019

Q2 Arts and Humanities

CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI:10.1353/cop.2020.0008

L. Luo

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Abstract:This is a performance review of the Constellation Theatre Company (CTC)'s 2019 D.C. production of The White Snake, written and originally directed by Mary Zimmerman in 2012. This review connects the 2019 CTC production with the 2014 performance of the same Zimmerman play, directed by Zimmerman herself on site at the Second Wuzhen Theatre Festival in Wuzhen, China. It further traces a key inspiration of the 2012 Zimmerman play to Chinese writer Zhao Qingge's 1956 novel Baishe zhuan (The Legend of the White Snake), which was itself a product of the cultural politics of the Chinese 1950s and much longer oral, written, and performance traditions.

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表演评论：《白蛇》，星座剧团，华盛顿特区，2019年4月25日-5月26日

摘要:本文是对星座剧团(Constellation Theatre Company，简称CTC) 2019年在华盛顿上演的舞台剧《白蛇》(the White Snake)的演出回顾，该剧于2012年由玛丽·齐默尔曼(Mary Zimmerman)编剧并担任原创导演。本文将2019年的CTC作品与2014年齐默尔曼本人在中国乌镇第二届乌镇戏剧节现场执导的齐默尔曼戏剧联系起来。它进一步追溯了2012年齐默尔曼戏剧的主要灵感来自中国作家赵清歌1956年的小说《白蛇传》，《白蛇传》本身就是中国20世纪50年代文化政治的产物，也是更长的口头、书面和表演传统的产物。

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CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory

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期刊介绍： The focus of CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature is on literature connected to oral performance, broadly defined as any form of verse or prose that has elements of oral transmission, and, whether currently or in the past, performed either formally on stage or informally as a means of everyday communication. Such "literature" includes widely-accepted genres such as the novel, short story, drama, and poetry, but may also include proverbs, folksongs, and other traditional forms of linguistic expression.