Ppp

Colin presented to the class his Ppp. The puropose is to look up a play thats, Peony Pavilian in China. There is 55 scenes and the story is about a girl who was not allowed to go outside, so she would go and relax in her garden. While she's there she has a dream of a guy, that is surprisingely real. She really wants to dream and see him again. The girl dies of a disease due to not see him and then her family moves away. Her spirit came back to earth because she needs to find Ling mu mi so she can return back to life and be with him. Because she had a tutor he goes to her grave everyday and realizes one day that her body is missing and told her father. Ling mu mi travels to the city and then gets married and goes to the city to write the scholar exam and did the best. Her father goes to war. At the end the father says that the daughter is a demon but her mother however believe differently, she said she met her daughter and that she is real. The mother proves the father wrong and the father realizes that the daughter is real.
The theatre design has elaborate colours since they do not use a lot of props on set, mostly they use symbolism on stage. The dancers wear water sleaves it helps them with the rhythm of the music. All the music is played with tradititional chinese instruments. The actors wear a white base colour on the face and eye and mouth. The villians wear blue and black and the hero wears pink makeup around the eyes. They also wear lipstick and the heros have their hair pinned back which looks sophisticated as the villians have ther hair big and wild. There are young and old men, old men have beards. The stage used is as a percemian arch and not as a framed thrust. The musical instruments are unseen by the audience and is played offstage. The audience has a 270 degree view of front and side. The play is 55 scenes long and take a period of 2 days to complete, because of this the actors and directors have to remember where the actors were set, to start again the next day without the audience being confused. I found this really interesting, especially the time period it takes to get it done, I don't think I can sit and watch a play for 2 days. I like how the makeup and hair diffrientiates the good from the bad. And I think it's a brilliant effect to have all the costumes elaborate with a plain background and set. The color contrast must be good. I think it is very challenging to be one of the actors on stage and to improvise to use the props inorder for the audience to know what they are doing. All the memorization which also takes place must be very tough.