"There are so many things in the world that can only be found in two or three jokes. There are many jokes in the world, and you are destined to shed tears after listening to them. What is ordinary in the world often turns out to be extraordinary."
On the evening of February 23, based on Liu Zhenyun's novel of the same name, Ding The stage play "Three Autumns in One Day" directed by Yi Teng and starring Tang Shiyi, Xu Junshuo, Li Tengfei, Zhang Yezi, Jin Guangfa, Feng Tian, etc. appeared at the Sichuan Grand Theater. To the surprise of the audience, Liu Zhenyun also appeared at the premiere and spoke highly of the play. It is reported that the play will continue to be performed in Chengdu tonight (24th) evening.
"Three Autumns in One Day" is a novel published by Liu Zhenyun in 2021. Like many of Liu Zhenyun's works, the story of "Three Autumns in One Day" still takes place in his hometown of Yanjin. A multi-layered structure inside and outside the play.
Hua Erniang has been in Yanjin for more than three thousand years. She is a "person" who loves to hear jokes. She always asks people for jokes with a basket of persimmons. She doesn't find jokes during the day, but at night, in people's dreams. However, over the past three thousand years, her own story has become the biggest joke in Yanjin. When Chen Mingliang was young, his mother Yingtao hanged herself because of a handful of leeks. After his father remarried, Mingliang began to face his own life alone. He left his hometown of Yanjin and returned to Yanjin. He went back and forth for more than 20 years and experienced many dumbfounding stories. He lamented that his life had become a joke... ...
The novel "Three Autumns in One Day" provides a very vivid and full group of characters and a multiple flowing space-time structure. For screenwriter Ding Yiteng and drama composer Wang Anni, this is both a help and a challenge. On the one hand, adapting a full-length novel into a stage play of more than two hours requires making a lot of trade-offs, deleting and integrating plots and characters that are weakly related to the theme of the story, so as to create a clearer and more suitable stage play. Create a regular structure; on the other hand, in the process of converting text into stage language, some characters and plots need to be staged. For example, the scene of Mingliang’s mother Cherry has a more vivid second creation on the stage.
As for the actors, Tang Shiyi and Xu Junshuo both appeared in a stage play based on a drama for the first time. Their own skills and stage experience added a lot to their respective roles, and at the same time they both showed a very novel stage image.
After the performance, Liu Zhenyun, the original author, walked onto the stage holding the prop "Persimmon" in the play. He bluntly said that it was the first time for everyone to watch this play. "I was very shocked." Liu Zhenyun revealed that Ding Yiteng had previously directed " "I'm Not Pan Jinlian", "Three Autumns in One Day" writes about the lives of ordinary people. This stage play has a good combination of reality and magic. The director, actors and stage design are all good. "This is an excellent drama with classic temperament." In addition to sending Lantern Festival blessings to the Chengdu audience, Liu Zhenyun also joked: "Why did "Three Autumn Days" premiere in Chengdu? Because the audiences in Chengdu are just like me. It's also of a high level."
Director Ding Yiteng said: "When "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" was performed in Chengdu before, the enthusiasm of the Chengdu audience ignited us, so we chose Chengdu as the first stop of this national tour. We also hope that Use this stage play that presents Yanjin aesthetics as a gift to teacher Liu Zhenyun."
After "Three Autumns in One Day" was performed at the Sichuan Grand Theater, it was produced by Gulou West, directed by Ding Yiteng, and starring Qu Chuxiao "I Am the Moon" will be performed at the Sichuan Grand Theater next time, and "Three Autumns in One Day" will start the national tour of "Liu Zhenyun's Trilogy of Stage Works" together with "One Sentence is Worth Ten Thousand Sentences" and "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" .
Red Star News reporter Zhang Shihao Photo provided by the organizer Editor Zeng Qi
