{"id":6298,"date":"2012-04-10T10:30:04","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T02:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwshop.com\/?p=6298"},"modified":"2021-08-03T10:37:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T02:37:04","slug":"secret-love-for-the-peach-blossom-land-%ef%bc%881986%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwshop.com\/en\/portfolio\/theatre-portfolio\/secret-love-for-the-peach-blossom-land-%ef%bc%881986%ef%bc%89\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land (1986)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dyntabs\"> <ul><li><h4 class=\"tabhead\"><a href=\"#tabs-1\"> 1986 <\/a><\/h4><\/li> <li><h4 class=\"tabhead\"><a href=\"#tabs-2\"> 1991 <\/a><\/h4><\/li> <li><h4 class=\"tabhead\"><a href=\"#tabs-3\"> 1999 <\/a><\/h4><\/li> <li><h4 class=\"tabhead\"><a href=\"#tabs-4\"> 2006 <\/a><\/h4><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"tabs-1\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Secret Love for the Peach Blossom Land<\/em>,Performance Workshop's second work, was an immediate critical and popular success. Two theater groups are mistakenly booked into the same theater for a dress rehearsal. One is to perform a melancholy contemporary play \u201dSecret Love,\u201d about an elderly Taipei man\u2019s yearning for his first love in Shanghai before the communist takeover. The other is rehearsing a farcical period costume \u201dPeach Blossom Land,\u201d based on the classic Chinese Utopian text \u201cA Record of the Peach Blossom Land.\u201d As the two groups struggle for control of the stage, the two plays unfold in fragments. Slowly the tragic and comic, the contemporary and the classical, begin to interact, and seemingly opposite themes and performance styles blend to form new meanings, particularly in reference to Taiwan's attitudes toward the Chinese mainland, and the universal yearning for a \u201cPeach Blossom Land.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Created collectively through structured improvisational rehearsals directed by Stan Lai,\u00a0<em>Secret Love for the Peach Blossom Land<\/em>\u00a0makes references to Peking Opera acting, classical literature and modern Chinese fiction, and has been acclaimed as a theatrical\u00a0<em>tour de force<\/em>. Critic Liu Guang-neng hailed the work for its \u201dincredibly intricate structure\u201d with \u201ddeep layers of meaning\u201d for the contemporary Chinese situation. The cast was a \u201cwho's who\u201d of contemporary Taiwan theater, including Chin Shih-chieh, Lee Li-chun and Ku Pao-ming, who went on directly to star in Edward Yang's film\u00a0<strong><em>The Terrorizers,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Liu Ching-ming, who went on to found the U Theatre Group, Yu An-sun, who had starred in Hou Hsiao-hsien's <strong><em>The Time to Live and the Time to Die,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0the poet Kuan Kuan, and director Lai's wife Nai-chu Ding, who also produced.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after the play, Performance Workshop was awarded the \u201dOutstanding Performing Arts Group of the Republic of China Award.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The play has been collected in\u00a0<em>An Oxford Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama<\/em>(1997), under the title\u00a0<em>Pining\u2026in Peach Blossom Land.\u00a0<\/em>It was also made into a successful film version directed by Stan Lai that won several prizes at international film festivals under the name\u00a0<em>The Peach Blossom Land.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Script:\u00a0Collective creation led by Stan Lai<\/p>\n<p>Directed by\u00a0Stan Lai<\/p>\n<p>Creative Process Participated by Chin Shih-chieh, Nai-chu Ding, Kuan Kuan, Shih Hsin-hui, Chin Shih-hui, Lee Li-chun, Liu Jingmin, Ku Pao-ming, Chen Yuhui, You Anshun, Su Wanling<\/p>\n<p>Cast:\u00a0Chin Shih-chieh as Jiang Bingliu<\/p>\n<p>Ding Nai-chu as Yun Zhifan<\/p>\n<p>Chin Shih-hui as Mrs. Jiang<\/p>\n<p>Shih Hsin-hui as Nurse<\/p>\n<p>Kuan Kuan as\u00a0Secret Love\u00a0Director<\/p>\n<p>Lee Li-chun as Lao Tao<\/p>\n<p>Liu Ching-ming as Chunhua<\/p>\n<p>Ku Pao-ming as Yuan Laoban<\/p>\n<p>Scenic and Lighting Design:\u00a0Alan Kuang-yen Nieh<\/p>\n<p>Costumes:\u00a0Pamela Chin<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Nai-chu Ding<\/p>\n<p>World Premier: 3\/1\/86 Taipei National Arts Hall<\/p>\n<p>Toured Cities: Keelung, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung<\/p>\n<p><\/div> <div id=\"tabs-2\"><\/p>\n<p>The 1991 production of\u00a0<em>Secret Love for the Peach Blossom Land\u00a0<\/em>was the Performance Workshop\u2019s first revival of its own work. Sold out for every performance in its initial 1986 run, the new production created an even greater demand for tickets, due to the addition to the cast of Mandarin film superstar Bridgette Ling (Ling Ching-hsia) in the role of Yun Zhifan. Among the audience at the National Theatre were President Lee Teng-hui and his cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>This production also toured internationally, with performances in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hong Kong. In New York, the performance was acclaimed as \u201cthe pinnacle of contemporary Chinese theatrical art.\u201d Director Stan Lai assembled the cast for this revival with the purpose of using the same cast for the subsequent film production of the same work, which was seen at international film festivals under the name\u00a0<em>The Peach Blossom Land.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Script: Stan Lai<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Stan Lai<\/p>\n<p>Cast: Chin Shih-chieh as Jiang Bingliu<\/p>\n<p>Ling Ching-hsia as Yun Zhifan (National Theatre and Hong Kong)<\/p>\n<p>Hsiao Ai as Yun Zhifan (National Theatre 9\/28, 9\/29 and all other performances except Hong Kong)<\/p>\n<p>Ling Li-ching as Mrs. Jiang<\/p>\n<p>Chen Li-mei as Nurse<\/p>\n<p>Ding Chong as\u00a0<strong>Secret Love\u00a0<\/strong>Director<\/p>\n<p>Lee Li-chun as Lao Tao<\/p>\n<p>Ismene Ting as Chunhua<\/p>\n<p>Ku Pao-ming as Yuan Laoban<\/p>\n<p>Li Wei-hui as Unknown Woman<\/p>\n<p>Liu Liang-tso as Sunzi<\/p>\n<p>Chen Chien-hsiung as Theatre Manager<\/p>\n<p>Lin Li-chin as\u00a0Peach Blossom Spring\u00a0Scenic Painter<\/p>\n<p>Scenic and Lighting Design: Alan Kuang-yen Nieh<\/p>\n<p>Original Art: Chen Chao-bao<\/p>\n<p>Costumes: Carson Huang<\/p>\n<p>Costume and Image Consultant: William Suk-ping Chang<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Nai-chu Ding<\/p>\n<p><\/div> <div id=\"tabs-3\"><\/p>\n<p><em>The Peach Blossom Land\u00a0<\/em>premiered in 1986, was revived in 1991 and made into a feature film in 1992. The premiere was a landmark event in Taiwan\u2019s developing modern theatre movement, challenging audiences with its formal complexity, while welcoming them with its congeniality.<\/p>\n<p>Created collectively through improvisational rehearsals led by\u00a0Stan Lai<br \/>\nwith ensemble including<br \/>\nLee Li-chun, Chin Shih-chieh and Nai-chu Ding, 1986<\/p>\n<p>CAST:\u00a0Chin Shih-chieh as Jiang Bingliu<br \/>\nXiao Ai as Yun Zhifan<br \/>\nZhao Zi-qiang as the Fisherman, Tao<br \/>\nIsmene Nai-chang Ting as his wife, Chun-hua<br \/>\nFeng Yi-gang as the Fishmonger, Yuan<br \/>\nLing Liching as Mrs. Jiang<br \/>\nMei Ruoying as the Nurse<br \/>\nZhao Peiming as \u201cSecret Love\u201d Director<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Stan Lai<br \/>\nScenic and Lighting Design by Alan Kuang-yen Nieh<br \/>\nCostume Design by Pamela Chin<br \/>\nOriginal Music by Fumio Itabashi and Kazio Umezu<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Nai-chu Ding<\/p>\n<p>Toured Cities: Taipei, Taichung, Chungli, Hsinchu, Kaohsiung<\/p>\n<p><\/div> <div id=\"tabs-4\"><\/p>\n<p>Special 20th anniversary edition of the Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land is honored to invite Ming Hwa Yuan, a well-known Taiwanese opera troupe.\u00a0The combination between stage play and Taiwanese opera is another innovation of modern theatre in Taiwan.\u00a0The play will then, indeed, depict two troupes, one rehearsing \" Secret Love,\" the other \"The Peach Blossom Land,\" who are forced to share a stage due to confusion about their rehearsal time. Their point joint performance on the stage creates the effect of \"a show inside a show.\" Two different fields of performing arts performed together on stage, yet the production kept each form's originality. Two special performances on 11\/12 and 11\/13 at Taipei Arena breaks three more records of Chinese theater world: 1) The 100th run of Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land! 2) 1 million of audience members! 3) First performing group to perform at Taipei Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Created collectively through improvisational rehearsals led by\u00a0Stan Lai<\/p>\n<p>Creative Process Participated by Chin Shih-chieh, Nai-chu Ding, Jni Shihui, Shih Hsin-hui, Kuan Kuan, Lee Li-chun, Liu Jingmin, Ku Pao-ming, Chen Yuhui, You Anshun, Su Wanling<\/p>\n<p>2006 Peach Blossom Land Adaptation by Sun Furui<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Stan Lai<\/p>\n<p>Peach Blossom Land directors: Liu Guangtong, Chen Shengzai<\/p>\n<p>Body Movement Direction by Liu Guangtong<\/p>\n<p>Cast - Secret Love<\/p>\n<p>Yin Zhaode, Chen Xiangqi, Xu Yanling, Lai Fanyun, Shi Yixiu<\/p>\n<p>Cast - Peach Blossom Land<\/p>\n<p>Chen Shengzai, Zheng Yasheng, Chen Zhaoxiang, Zhen Zhaowei<\/p>\n<p><\/div> <\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theatre-portfolio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FCzk-1DA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18212,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6298\/revisions\/18212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwshop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}