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Goat Theater to present 3 plays rehashed from classics
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YOUNG Chinese performers will play the three “bastards” portrayed by the 17th-century French playwright Moliere next month at SAIC Shanghai Culture Square.
The leading roles in Moliere’s “Tartuffe,” “Le Malade Imaginaire” and “Don Juan” will tell their stories in three plays as part of this year’s “Master’s Drama Series” at the KFS Music Box.
The three plays are created by the Goat Theater, founded in 2014 by a group of young artists dedicated to making theater plays “fun and interesting.”
Most of their previous works were adapted from classic dramas with a modern twist, such as setting the story in an unknown age or adding modern features to people from the past.
“I think that placing figures in classics in a modern-day setting will make it easy for people to understand,” says Yang Suda, founder of the Goat Theater and also its director, playwright and actor.
“The Great Tartuffe” will be performed from September 7 to 11 on a platform that tilts at an angle of 30 degrees to suggest a complete chaos in the house of a rich family that is slipping into a big trouble and yet nobody is aware of it, Yang says.
“Don Juan” tells the story of a womanizer. Yang has added new female characters in the play to be shown from September 14 to 18.
“Everybody can find themselves in the play and the actor who plays Don Juan will interact with audience members. This is going to be the highlight,” he says.
“A Big Fuss about Nothing” is based on “Le Malade Imaginaire” and is tailored for the Music Box stages. The story will play out on four stages with 300 viewers sitting in the middle. They can turn to any stage on revolving chairs as if switching TV channels.
The Goat Theater artists believe their bold adaptation will not do damage to original works. Instead, it will help more ordinary people understand and enjoy the classics.
“There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people,” says Yang. “Classics are called classics because they contain so much stuff for regurgitation by later generations.”
• “The Great Tartuffe”
Date: September 7-11, 7:30-9:30pm
• “Don Juan”
Date: September 14-18, 7:30-9:30pm
• “A Big Fuss about Nothing”
Date: September 21-25, 7:30-9:30pm
Venue: KFS Music Box, SAIC Shanghai Culture Square, 225 Shaanxi Rd S.
Tickets: 180 yuan
Tel: 6472-9000, 6472-6000
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