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NCPA Drama King Lear

Date: Jan 21-Feb 2－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 180-680 yuan

The drama King Lear will be the first Shakespeare play performed at NCPA in 2017. In honor of the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare, NCPA specially invited famous stage director LI Liuyi, screenplay translator YANG Shipeng, costume designer Emi Wada and others to stage this Shakespeare's classic. In addition, famous performing artist PU Cunxin will portray King Lear, who experiences honor and glory as well as wildness in the play. The three daughters of King Lear will be portrayed by ZHAO Qian, LU Fang and WAN Qianhui, who will present Shakespeare's three female characters with different personalities on the stage, thereby revealing the battle of power, desire and plotting between King Lear and his daughters, and showing the epic scroll of humanity and profound character analysis of King Lear.