Chronology Entry
Year
1957
Text
Xu, Banmei. Hua ju chang shi qi hui yi lu [ID D23926].
Er schreibt : "We werde doing a run of Shakespeare's Hamlet one spring when it began to rain. The rain lasted for more than one week. So the title of the advertisement for Hamlet we chose was a folks proverb : 'Just as the rain is bound to fall, so is a woman bound to get married'. The cause of the tragedy of prince Hamlet was the fact that his mother insisted on remarrying."
Li Ruru : Xu Banmei said that "the cause of the tragedy of Prince Hamlet was the fact that his mother insisted on remarrying". He assumed that Hamlet's tragedy was caused by the moral lapse of a women. However, the theme of remarriage was also topical at that time, since it was linked with the new and fashionable movement for women's rights.
This extract offers us some idea of what the new drama people thought of Shakespeare and his play. It would appear, therefore, that this Chinese Hamlet was either an inevitable victim of his mother's decision to remarry or a fierce defender of her honor.
Er schreibt : "We werde doing a run of Shakespeare's Hamlet one spring when it began to rain. The rain lasted for more than one week. So the title of the advertisement for Hamlet we chose was a folks proverb : 'Just as the rain is bound to fall, so is a woman bound to get married'. The cause of the tragedy of prince Hamlet was the fact that his mother insisted on remarrying."
Li Ruru : Xu Banmei said that "the cause of the tragedy of Prince Hamlet was the fact that his mother insisted on remarrying". He assumed that Hamlet's tragedy was caused by the moral lapse of a women. However, the theme of remarriage was also topical at that time, since it was linked with the new and fashionable movement for women's rights.
This extract offers us some idea of what the new drama people thought of Shakespeare and his play. It would appear, therefore, that this Chinese Hamlet was either an inevitable victim of his mother's decision to remarry or a fierce defender of her honor.
Mentioned People (2)
Shakespeare, William
(Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon) : Dramatiker, Dichter
Xu, Banmei
(1880-1961) : Schauspieler
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 | Li, Ruru. Hamlet in China : translation, interpretation and performance : http://web.mit.edu/shakespeare/asia/essays/RuruLi.html. | Web / Shak13 |
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