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Shi, Jiehua |
Cai, Qinglin |
Shi, Jiehua Cai, Qinglin |
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Shi, Jiehua Cai, Qinglin |
Shi, Jiehua Cai, Qinglin |
Shi, Jiehua Cai, Qinglin Wu, Dezhang |
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Shi, Jiehua Cai, Qinglin Wu, Dezhang |
Shi, Jiehua Cai, Qinglin Wu, Dezhang |
Shi, Jiehua Cai, Qinglin Wu, Dezhang |
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Shi, Jiehua Cai, Qinglin Wu, Dezhang |
Shi, Jiehua Cai, Qinglin Wu, Dezhang |
Shi, Jiehua Cai, Qinglin Wu, Dezhang |
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The Seduction |
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Shi, Jiehua Cai, Qinglin |
Shi, Jiehua Cai, Qinglin Wu, Dezhang |
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Shi, Jiehua Cai, Qinglin Wu, Dezhang |
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Pan Jin-Lian : First Encounter ; The Seduction
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Based on an exciting chapter from “The Water Margin,” a
masterpiece novel in Chinese literature, “Pan Jinlian” is a
famous Kunqu play that tells the dark tale of love, lust and
murder. Pan Jinlian, the young, sensual and beautiful heroine of
the play, is married off to Wu Da, a dwarf who ekes out a living
selling pancakes, by the order and arrangement of her spiteful
master after she has turned him down in his proposition of
carnal pleasure. Thus unhappily married, Pan spends her days
lamenting her misfortunes. One day, the younger brother of Wu
Da, Wu Er, comes into town as a triumphant hero, after fighting
with his bare hands and killing a tiger in the nearby mountain.
Pan finds herself hopelessly attracted to the handsome and
virile brother-in-law. At the first chance of their being
together alone, she makes amorous advances toward Wu Er. A
righteous and loyal practitioner of Confucianism, Wu Er flatly
turns her down. Utterly vilified, Pan sinks into a deeper
depression.
The beginning of the scene this afternoon finds Pan in such a
mood, when a notorious rone named Ximen Qing walks by her house
one day. Whether by accident or by designs of the gods, they
meet, and it’s love at the first sight. A mutual acquaintance of
theirs, Mama Wang – a venal, vulgar and wicked old busybody and
matchmaker, happens to pass by at that moment. Promised by Ximen
a handsome reward for fixing him up with Pan for a sexual union,
the old woman is only too willing to serve as the arranger in
this seedy matter of the flesh. The scene ends with an
understanding between the love-starved Pan and the lascivious
Ximen that they will soon start a wildly passionate affair.
The tragic ending of the play, which is not included in this
afternoon’s performance, has Pan and Ximen plot and murder Wu
Da, whose death is eventually avenged by Wu Er, who in turn
kills Pan and Ximen. |
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