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Closet in the Room
- Artistic
- Playwright：Tsai, Ming-liang
- Director：Wang, Shau-di
- Performers
- Scenic & Set Designer：Min-Qing Theatre Group
- Lighting Designer：
- Costume Designer：Min-Qing Theatre Group
- Administration
- Producer：Huang, Li-ming
- Executive Producer：Min-Qing Theatre Group
Title
mainTitle:
Closet in the Room
subTitle:
TranslatedTitle:
房間裡的衣櫃
Subject
subjectMatter:
modern drama
genre:
performance record
keywords:
Tian, Chi-yuan／modern drama
Description
abstractSynopsis:
Frustrated in love, tortured by artistic conscience about the choice between art creating and surviving, the playwright started to mess around with the closet in his room. "Now, I'm facing a plastic closet in the room. I don't know whom I shall compare it with? Alas! Let a plastic closet just be a plastic closet. It was the confession of playwright, Tsai, at the premiere in 1984 where he directed/authored/acted in Cloud Gate Theatre, a narrow but long old house in Ta Tao Cheng. He nakedly revealed his poverty, imprisonment in love, and creative crisis to the audience without reservation. Eight years later, Wang Xiao-di revived this play. Toning down the play with a touch of sensibility, Wang elevated the play from its melodramatic tendency to a sincere confession of a theatrical practitioner dwelling in the urban jungle. Wang, with meticulousness and fun tone, portrayed the protagonist and the setting vividly creating a realistic life on stage. With powerful physical expression, the spirit of the closet projected strong messages.
Subtitles
interTitles:
dialogNarrationTitle:
conditions:
good
acquireMethod:
provided by People’s Heart Theatre
edition:
restorationRecord:
notes:
language:
mandarin
edition2:
1984
publisher:
People’s Heart Theatre
distributor:
People’s Heart Theatre
production:
People’s Heart Theatre
Date
year:
1992
date of performance:
1984
date of debut:
date of recording:
Location
place of debut:
Cloud Gate Experimental Theatre
place of performance:
Cloud Gate Experimental Theatre
Identifier
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localFileName:
Cloud Gate Experimental Theatre
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oringinalNumber:
min003
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Rights
copyrightRestrictions
holderName:
People’s Heart Theatre
digiCopyHolderNames:
Electronic Theater Intermix in Taiwan
rightsStatement:
Authorized
accessRestriction:
noncommercial; for educational and researching purposes
copyrightTime:
1984
statement:
Owner
originalOwner
originalProvider:
People’s Heart Theatre
originalCollocation:
People’s Heart Theatre
originalCollectedDate:
1984
digitalCopyOwner
digiCopyOwners:
Electronic Theater Intermix in Taiwan, ETI-TW
digiCopyCollocations:
Research Center for Theatre and Performance Studies, National Central University
digiCopyCollectedDate:
2007.03.20
Metadata
digitalFilesCollocation:
Research Center for Theatre and Performance Studies, National Central University
digitalFileCreatedDate:
2007.03.20
metadataCreation
metadataCreator:
Electronic Theater Intermix in Taiwan, ETI-TW
metadataCreationDate:
2007.04.06
metadataCreationPersonnel:
Electronic Theater Intermix in Taiwan, ETI-TW
metadataModifiedDate:
2007.04.06
metadataModifyPersonnel:
Electronic Theater Intermix in Taiwan
statement2:
Type
aggregationLevel:
item
originalSurrogate:
original
worksType:
modern dram
Format
medium:
Digital Video Disc
extent
quantity:
one
duration:
96min29sec
scale
originalScale:
VHS
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audio-visual
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mpg2
filename:
Closet in the Room
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permanent preserved
fileSize:
4164MB
videoSize:
720*480
frameRate:
30fps
videoBitRate:
5.32Mbps
sampleRate:
48 KHz
audioBitRate:
256kbps
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