Drama: Peking Opera, Famous Players and Famous Plays, the Wild Board Forest
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Beijing Opera: Ye Zhu Lin (2 VCDs)
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Code: vc00yezh
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$24.95
Shipping Weight: 0.45 pounds
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Performed by Li Shaochun, Yuan Shihai, Du Jinfang, Su Weiming, Luo Hongnian, in 1962. Forest of Wild Boars is based on one of stories in the famous classic novel Outlaws of the Marsh that tells why and how one hundred some-old men and women banded together on a marsh-girt mountains became leaders of an outlaw army of thousands and fought brave and resourceful battles against pompous, heartless tyrants in the final years of Hui Zong, a Song Dynasty (960-1279) emperor who reigned from 1101 to 1125. The opera plays two figures: Lu Zhishen, a fugitive, runs away to become a monk after killing a scroudrel. He becomes sworn brothers with Lin Chong, a military officer. At temple festival, Gao Shide, son of defense minister Gao Qiu, takes a fancy to Lin Chong's beautiful wife. Her maid runs to tell Lin, who threatens the scroudrel away. Gao Shide then frames Lin Chong to get his wife. Lin is arrested and exiled in Cangzhou. Gao bribes the two escorting soldiers to murder Lin on the way. Lu Zhishen follows them secretly. Seeing the soldiers to kill Lin in the Forest of Wild Boars, he comes to the rescue.
Yuan Shihai
YUAN SHIHAI (1916-2002), a native of Beijing. In his early years he was trained at the Fuliancheng in hualian. After that training he had performed with the Shang Xiaoyun Troupe and other troupes. In 1940 he offered himself as a pupil of Hao Shouchen and later co-performed with Li Shifang and Li Shaochun. After the founding of new China he was appointed as deputy head of the Beijing Opera Experimental Working Troupe of Chinese Academy of Traditional Opera (now China Beijing Opera Theatre). He sings and acts in a vivid and unconstrained way and is distinctive and exquisite in the portrayal of his characters. Based on the Hao style performing art, he has evolved a unique style of his own. He has co-staged General and Minister Are Reconciled, the Wild Boar Forest and the Story of the Bandits with Li Shaochun and performed the Black Whirlwind and Peach Blossom Village, which mainly feature the hualian role. His Meeting of Heroes and Wild Boar Forest have been put into films. In a modern piece the Red Lantern he successfully played the part of Hatoyama, a Japanese army officer.
Du Jinfang
DU JINFANG (1932- ), a native of Beijing. In her childhood she was trained by Lu Peifang in qingyi. She offered herself as Wang Yaoqing's pupil in 1948. She once co-performed with Li Shaochun, Ye Shengzhang and Yuan Shihai. In 1951 she joined the Beijing Opera Experimental Working Troupe of Chinese Academy of Traditional Opera (now China Beijing Opera Theatre) and became a disciple of Mei Lanfang. She was highly appreciated by her master. Her voice is sweet and smooth; her movement and make-up are pleasing and graceful. Her repertoire includes the White Snake, Xie Yaohuan, Butterfly Lovers, Lady Saihua, the Peach Blossom Fan, the Wild Boar Forest and modern piece a White Haired Girl.
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