"Sometimes, I seem to see myself in the dark night. I see myself looking at you, anywhere in this world, always looking at you, looking at the happy and charming stars in the night sky." Drama "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" "At the end, the actors alternately recited "An Unsigned Letter" from the original novel against the background of the starry sky. This secret and great action was amazing, and the sacrifice without hesitation for the faith made the audience unable to help but shed tears.
Last night, the drama "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" adapted from the famous writer Sun Ganlu's Mao Dun Literary Award-winning novel of the same name had its premiere. "You open the window and look outside, these people are the country." This is a code word in the play, and this portrait of the heroic and fearless Communists was also deeply fixed on the stage.
Looking for noble ordinary people in the long history
The story of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is based on the great historical event of the transfer of the Party Central Committee from Shanghai to Ruijin. A group of unknown heroes fighting on the hidden front for the same ideal, in just one short day For many months, they worked together to complete a secret plan called "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains". Sun Ganlu's "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is restrained and calm in its writing, not pursuing thrills and excitement, and rarely contains long passages of emotion. At the beginning of the creation of the play, director Wang Xiaoying hoped to continue this feature. "The stage presentation is divided into two parts. One is a narrative close to the style of the novel, and the other is dramatic expression."
"Sense of faith" is the power that Wang Xiaoying wants to convey to the audience, especially young audiences, through his works. "These people who sacrificed their lives for revolutionary ideals are ordinary people, people who have disappeared in the long river of history. We should look back at them, look for them, and think about them." No increase In the words or lines outside the novel, Wang Xiaoying expressed the restrained and implicit feelings in the original work through poetic imagery, amplified the specific glory of human nature, and condensed the great and tragic spirit of sacrifice into a dinner party, a farewell, and a hug. During the performance, Shostakovich's Second Waltz was played many times, which is a symbol of the love between the protagonists Chen Qianli and Ye Tao. If revolution is a kind of romance, then the superposition of revolution and love is what young people of that era The greatest pride in my heart.
A romantic, passionate and delicate revolutionary story
The audience sitting in the audience watching the drama is also a process of "re-reading" the novel. The drama adopts a narrative form. In the drama, novel reading and dramatic performance are organically combined to produce a special performance effect. At the beginning, the actors dressed in modern clothes, holding novels in their hands, read "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" on the stage. During the reading process, the actors entered the plot one by one. When the story switches to another perspective, the actors will change their costumes and "act out" and become readers again. "Romantic, passionate, and delicate." Actor Zhang Ruihan, who plays the protagonist Chen Qianli, described "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" in his heart. During rehearsals, he couldn't help but shed tears during the play many times. "Chen Qianli is a mysterious character, but he is also a person of flesh and blood. He is very entangled in his heart, but he knows that revolution must make sacrifices."
In order to realize the rapid transition between "narration" and "performance" for actors, The stage design of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" combines reality and reality, uses multimedia design to enhance the atmosphere, and pays attention to the historical sense of props and the details of costumes. The design of the turntable also provides more time and space flexibility for scene switching and stage movement. sex. The actors must not only connect narrative and performance at the fastest pace, but also quickly adjust their emotions when performing their roles, showing the complex emotions and psychological activities of the characters in the book.
The story of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" took place in Shanghai in the 1930s. It is not only a history of revolution, but also a chronicle of scenery. In order to better present the urban memory in the original work, in the drama "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", the audience can feel the scenery and architectural details with urban characteristics; see cheongsams, gowns and other clothing combinations with the characteristics of the times; and hear Shanghai dialect , Yangzhou dialect, Cantonese and other local dialects. In a specific time and external environment, the thinking activities and sublimation of the characters in the story echo the urban customs on the stage.
Even before its premiere, "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" had been extended for nearly 20 performances, and the tickets for the performances were almost sold out. According to Zhang Huiqing, general manager of the Shanghai Dramatic Art Center, the Shanghai Dramatic Art Center made an "appointment" for Sun Ganlu's novel with the writer early before it was completed.
""A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is rooted in the history and culture of Shanghai and a period of burning revolution." Zhang Huiqing said, "Shanghai is a city with too many stories worth telling. Our stage creation must reflect the style of this city. Sincerely present the humanistic outlook washed by history."
Source: Wenhui Po
