A List of Chinese Performances of Ibsen
1914, A Doll’s House, Chunliu
She 春柳社(Spring Willow Society), Shanghai
1923, A Doll’s House, Beiping Nüzi Gaodeng Shifan Xuexiao
北平女子高等师范学校(Peking Normal College for Women), Beiping
(Beijing)
1924, A Doll’s House, Er Liu Jushe 26剧社(Twenty-six Drama Society), Beiping
1925, A Doll’s House, Shanghai Xiju Xiehui 上海戏剧协会(Drama
Society), dir. Hong Shen 洪深, Shanghai
1925, A Doll’s House, Beiping Renyi Xiju Zhuanmen Xuexiao
北平人艺戏剧专门学校(Peking People’s Art Drama College), Beiping
1927, An Enemy of the People, Tianjin Nankai Zhongxue 天津南开中学
(Tianjin Nankai Middle School), dir. Zhang Pengchun 张彭春, Tianjin
(Cao Yu played the part of Dr. Stockmann’s daughter.)
1928, A Doll’s House, Tianjin Nankai Middle School, dir. Zhang Pengchun, Tianjin (Cao Yu
played the part of Nora.)
1929, Ghosts, Guo Li Beiping Yishu Xueyuan 国立北平艺术学院
(National Peking Art Institute), dir. Xiong Foxi 熊佛西, Beiping
(one of the first commercial performances of Ibsen in China)
1934, A Doll’s House, Shanghai Yeyu Ju Ren Xiehui
上海业余剧人协会(Amateur Dramatists Association), at ‘Jin Cheng
Da Xiyuan’, Shanghai (Lanping [=Jiang Qing], who later became
Mao Zedong’s wife, played the part of Nora.)
1935, A Doll’s House, Mo Feng She 磨风社(the Grinding Wind Society),
at ‘Guomin Da Xiyuan’, Nanjing
1942-43, The Wild Duck, Guo Li Xiju Xueyuan 国立戏剧学院(National
Academy of Dramatic Art), dir. Chen Shouzhu 陈瘦竹, Sichuan
1948, A Doll’s House, Peidu Jushe 陪都剧社(Chongqing Drama
Society), Chongqing
1956, A Doll’s House, Zhongguo Qingnian Yishu Juyuan
中国青年艺术剧院(China Youth Art Institute), dir. Wu Xue 吴雪,
Beijing
1962, A Doll’s House, Shanghai Xiju Xueyuan 上海戏剧学院(Shanghai Drama Academy)
1983, Peer Gynt, Zhongyang Xiju Xueyuan 中央戏剧学院(Central
Drama Academy), dir. Xu Xiaozhong 徐晓钟, Beijing (The performance was based
on Xiao Qian’s translation.)
1996, An Enemy of the People, Zhongyang Shiyan Huaju Yuan
中央实验话剧院(China Experimental Theatre), dir. Wu Xiaojiang
吴晓江, Beijing ( The group was invited by the Norwegian National Theatre to
take part in the Ibsen Stage Festival, 1997.)
1998 & 2001, A Doll’s House, China Experimental Theatre, dir. Wu
Xiaojiang, Beijing & Shanghai (The Norwegian actress Agnete
Haaland was invited to play the part of Nora. The performance was
bilingual.)
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