英文摘要 |
This paper discusses the correlation of nation, diaspora and smuggling in The Whole River Red (Man-jiang-hong, 滿江紅) written by Fan Junhong and Lü Ruiming, and analyzes the audience reaction of different generations and the political context in several adaptions. First of all, it compares the premiere in 1960 starring the young actor Sun Yue in China and the revival in the next year starring the senior actor Li Shaochun, to indicate the double meaning behind this phenomenon—“star system” troupe has transferred into nationalized troupe; however, the order of seniority in Jingju is indestructible—and the result is the first adaption of The Whole River Red. Then, in 1983, during the martial law period, The Whole River Red was smuggled into the military drama debate, and within the play the idea “return the country” inspired the audience’s enthusiastic response. Later, this play was defined “communist drama” and prohibited. In 2000, after cross-strait exchanges, China National Peking Opera Company performed the Li Shaochun edition, but the audience reaction was less than the performance at the time of the debate. It can be surmised that there had been aesthetic changes in Taiwan by that period. In 2012, in order to enhance the prominence of the leading role, the new edition The Whole River Red ended with Yue Fei dying a hero's death at Feng-po pavilion. After Yue Fei's death, the scene “Niu Gao Tear Imperial Edict (Niu-gao-che-zhi, 牛皋扯旨)” was deleted; therefore, the soul of the play could not be shown. In the end, the paper analyzes the results of the adaptions, and thereby clarifies the meaning of the term “actor-centered”; moreover, it discusses GuoGuang Opera Company’s edition in 2004. This research concerns contemporary Jingju history, Chinese opera playwrights and audience aesthetic, and is centered on the themes of nation, diaspora and smuggling. Moreover, I, as a judge, participated in the military drama debate in 1983. Hence, the paper is not only a preliminary study with objective description, but also an example of field work based on personal experience. |