英国国立青年剧团新编莎翁名剧《威尼斯商人》

新编莎翁名剧《威尼斯商人》

演出形式：话剧

演出日期：2008年7月12日/13日 周六/日

演出时间：19:30

演出地点：北京国家大剧院戏剧厅

地址：西城区西长安街2号 地铁1号线

演出单位：英国国立青年剧团

演出门票：80,180,280,380,480,580

订票：400-818-3333


　　为展现青年人艺术表演天赋，中国国际青年艺术周特别邀请英国国立青年剧团赴华演出。英国国家青年剧团成立于1956年，是当代青年文化的开拓实践者，吸引了成千上万追随者。50多年来，英国国家青年剧院实践着“让更多青年亲身体验艺术”的理念下，吸引了近15万年轻人直接参与到艺术创作中去。如今，英国国家青年剧团每年吸引着数以千计的年轻人，在舞台上尽情挥洒自己的才华。

　　本次来华英国国家青年剧团除献演莎翁名著《威尼斯商人》外，还将与中国青年演员进行100字句中英文交流演出。

　　《威尼斯商人》是公认的内涵最丰富的莎翁杰作之一，剧中塑造的犹太商人夏洛克坚持取仇人“一磅肉”复仇，不仅成为莎氏戏剧中最具争议的人物，还忝列四大“外国吝啬鬼”之队伍。新版《威尼斯商人》将这个复杂角色处理成一个在特定的环境中为谋生而不得不忍受各种屈辱的“外国人”，需要观众的理解而不是“宽恕”或者“谴责”。由此传达出的内涵是：人们对他们所不了解的和异己的东西是多么恐惧。


　　Drama: "The Merchant of Venice"
　　Type: Drama
　　Time: 19:30 July 12-13
　　Venue: Theater Hall of National Center for Performing Arts (Beijing)
　　Performance group: National Youth Theatre

　　Brief introduction:

　　The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain is delighted to be touring to Beijing and taking part in the International Youth Arts Festival as part of the Cultural Olympiad for the Beijing Games. The National Youth Theatre is Britain’s leading youth arts organization and is the first official youth theatre in the world with many successful productions in London and also abroad having toured to Moscow, New York, Paris, Barcelona but this is the company’s first tour to China! Therefore, in the true international spirit of harmony and cultural exchange the National Youth Theatre is very excited to be staging its critically acclaimed production of William Shakespeare’s the Merchant of Venice at the most prestigious of venues The National Centre of Performing Arts. This dynamic production will feature the very best of Britain’s young actors, musicians and singers who will also be joining forces with ten very talented Chinese performers to create two special and unique performances which will prove to be one of the cultural highlights of the festival.

　　Shakespeare’s wonderful play ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is a story of love and revenge with a clever mix of comedy and high drama. The production will be set in the beautiful and decadent period of 1930s Venice, Italy, during the city’s famous annual masqued carnival. This production was first staged at the Royal Opera House -one of the worlds leading venues – and was then filmed by BBC TV and watched by millions. Directed by the National Youth Theatre’s Artistic Director, Mr Paul Roseby has staged many wonderful productions for the company and also works in television and radio as a renowned broadcaster.