The third work of the Performance Workshop brought audiences into the theatre in unprecedented numbers. In a mixture of storytelling and Schnitzler's \u201dLa Ronde\u201d structure, Circle Story dealt with the decline of Taipei's famed \"Circle\u201d area of food stalls and the government's haphazard policies toward it as a metaphor for the vicious cycle of relationships in modern Taipei life.<\/p>\n
Some critics thought it to be the finest work of Performance Workshop to date, \"letting the vacuum of city life permeate the interlocked scenes of absurd romance\", others labeled it as commercial and \"Broadway-ish.\u201d
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Director: Stan Lai<\/p>\n
Cast: Li Kuo-hsiu as Jia Yunwei<\/p>\n
Ting Yeh-tien as Kang Yilo<\/p>\n
Lee Li-chun as Zhao Bingzhong<\/p>\n
Chin Chih-chuan (Wa Wa) as Ding Juanjuan<\/p>\n
Deng An-ning as Chen Wuning<\/p>\n
Ismene Ting as Ling Jixing<\/p>\n
Ku Pao-ming as Jia Genwei<\/p>\n
Scenic and Lighting Design: Alan Kuang-yen Nieh<\/p>\n
Costumes: Pamela Chin<\/p>\n
Producer: Nai-chu Ding<\/p>\n
World Premiere:March 3, 1987, National Arts Hall, Taipei.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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