Director: Le Manh Hung
Playwright: Anton Chekhov
Institution: Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema, Vietnam
Venue: Black Box Theatre
Time: 16:00, May 21, 2012
Event: The 2nd Asian Theatre Schools Festival
Director’s Notes
"A Marriage Proposal" is a short play written at the first stage of Chekhov's career. By staging the play "A Marriage proposal" we hope to convey the cultural context of Chekhovian satirical comedy genre to the public through folk stage of Vietnam. The dramatic and exaggerated actions are expressed through the dialogues along with physical movements. This creativity can highlight the personality of the characters and dramatic features. This production basing on Vietnamese traditional theatre principle will bring Chekhov's dramaturgy closer to Vietnamese audiences in particular and to Asian spectators in general.
Synopsis
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's reputation has been connected to the masterpieces such as The Sea Gull, Cherry Garden, The Uncle Vania, Three Sisters, The Engagement, The Bear... By staging the play "A Marriage Proposal", we hope to convey the cultural context of Chekhovian satiric comedy genre to the public through folk stage of Vietnam. With using a mattress and a box of costumes and properties, the actors and actresses will have to perform in a conventional space. The dramatic and exaggerated actions are expressed through the dialogues along with physical movements. This creativity can highlight the personality of the characters and dramatic features. We hope that the production's form which is based on Vietnamese traditional theatre principle will bring Chekhov's dramaturgy closer to Vietnamese audiences in particular and to Asian spectators in general.