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| One scene from the performance of the play 'Mansun". Photo courtesy = National Theater Company |
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The first production work of the National Theater Company (Director Park Chung-hee) in 2025 will be presented at the Myeongdong Theater of the National Theater Company from March 6 to March 30.
Manseon' (written by Cheon Seung-se, Yoon Mi-hyun, directed by Shim Jae-chan) represents contemporary Korean creative plays, which premiered in July of the same year after winning the National Theater's Drama Phenomenal Contest in 1964, and gave Chun Seung-se the honor of the Rookie of the Year at the 1st Korean Theater Film Arts Awards (currently Baeksang Arts Awards). Later, it was produced through the hands of Yoon Mi-hyun and director Shim Jae-chan in 2020 as a commemorative work of the 70th anniversary of the National Theater Company, but due to COVID-19, it officially debuted in 2021 the following year and met with the audience the following year, 2023.
Coming back to the stage after two years, 'Manseon' is a story centered on 'Gomchi' and its family, who knew only about riding a boat in a small island village on the southern coast. It realistically depicts the tragic fate of a fisherman who jumped into the sea to live, as well as the helpless reality of the common people hidden in the shadow of industrialization in the 1960s. "Mansun;" is considered the essence of Korean realist plays," and in particular, through the work of gloss in 2020, the characteristics of female characters were set more convincingly and confidently than the original, breaking away from the traditional image of a modest and compliant Korean woman. In addition, in the second half of the play, the waves covering Gomchine were presented with 5 tons of strong rain and wind pouring onto the stage, giving the audience a sense of immersion as if the waves were flowing.
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| One scene from the performance of the play 'Mansun". Photo courtesy = National Theater Company |
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The National Theater Company's first production of 2025 'Mansun' will once again work together with all the creators and actors who participated in the 2023 performance to further enhance the completeness of the work. Director Shim Jae-chan, the master of 'Korean realism', major creative staff such as Lee Tae-seop, the winner of the 31st Lee Hae-rang Theater Award, actor Kim Myung-soo as 'Gomchi', actor Jung Kyung-soon as 'Gupo House', as well as former actors Kim Jae-gun, Kim Jong-chil, Park Sang-jong, Jo Joo-kyung, Kim Kyung-sook, Jung Na-jin, Hwang Kyu-hwan, Moon Sung-bok, Kang Yoon Min-ji, and Sung Geun-chang will join the 'Manseon'.
Shim Jae-chan, who directed the last performance, said "I was most pleased as a director with the praise for the ensemble and teamwork. It's not easy to get together in one place again, and I'm just grateful that we're all on board 'Mansun'. Over the course of two years, the world has gone through a lot of changes and the pace has been really fast. It is not as easy to add newness to the work as the change, so there is a sense of burden and responsibility, but in this performance, we intend to further refine the details so that younger generations, such as Dosam, Zushi, and Yeonchul, can consider their lives more important and clearly show them."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
