The Orphan of Zhao
18 Jan, 2017~
12 Feb, 2017
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Venue
Myeongdong Theater
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Genre
Theater
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Show Time
Weekdays 19:30 ㅣWeekends, Holidays 15:00ㅣNo performance on Tuesday
※ Jan.25 15:00ㅣNo performance on Jan.27, Jan.28. -
Tickets
R 50,000KRW | S 35,000KRW | A 20,000KRW
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1644-2003
Written by Ji Junxiang
Adapted and directed by Koh Sun-woong
Language Korean
* Chinese Subtitles will be provided on every Thursday & Sunday and English subtitles on every Friday.
Age Restriction Suitable for ages 14 and over
* Please ensure you arrive 30mins before the program time. The box office can be busy and you may need to queue.
* We will endeavor to admit latecomers at the first suitable opportunity, which may be the interval. For some Events late admission cannot be guaranteed.
* Re-entry is mostly NOT allowed. In an exceptional case of re-entering, you may be seated in alternate seat locations to avoid disruption of the performance.
* The discount on tickets will only be available when presented with the necessary papers or documents. Tickets have to be paid in full when they are not presented.
“The greatest achievement in the theatrical world in a long time.”
- Dong.A Play Award Grand Prize Commentary
Dong.A Play Award - Grand Prize, Korea Theater Awards - Grand Prize, Top 3 plays of this year, Top 7 performances of this year
The best work of 2015 <The Orphan of Zhao> returns!
No modifiers can fully describe this play. The National Theater Company of Korea’s <The Orphan of Zhao>, the best work of 2015, which swept the theatrical world’s award circuit – winning titles including the Dong.A Play Award Quadruple Crown, the Korea Theater Award Triple Crown, top 3 plays of this year, and top 7 performances of this year – returns this year. The play, consistently requested for reopening by audiences, returns with the participation of the original performance’s cast and crew, including Director Koh Sun-woong, recognized for embracing both artistry and popularity by blending witty lines into the solemn original, and Ha Sung-Kwang playing Cheng Ying, who was highly praised for overwhelming audiences with his ardent performing. In January, the doorway into the year 2017, ‘The play of your life’ will be rewritten by <The Orphan of Zhao>.
“Captivated the Chinese audience with a Chinese story at a Chinese theatre” - Yang Sen Chinese Playwright and Director
October 2016, <The Orphan of Zhao> made the Chinese audience laugh and cry at the National Theatre of China in Beijing, China, the home country of Ji Junxiang, the original author. The thirteen-hundred audience members, who had sat in silent tension, rose in a standing ovation the moment the play ended; celebrating the birth of a classic. Receiving the positive evaluation that a classic known by all Chinese has been newly interpreted by a Korean director and actor, <The Orphan of Zhao> now comes to Seoul, Cheonan, and Daejeon from China.
Synopsis
“If only we could neither cause or face misfortunes and stay in peace. Life is so short, if only we could see good things in it.”
Driven by greed for power, the General, Tu’an Gu decides to kill his rival, Zhao Dun. To eliminate his rival thoroughly, Tu’an Gu decides to kill everyone of Zhaos. The family’s doctor, Cheng Ying, is destined to save the Zhao orphan, grandson of Zhao Dun, sacrificing his own child and wife in the process. Cheng Ying raises the Zhao orphan Cheng Bo, the seed of revenge, as his own son for 20 years. General Tu’an Gu, who had no child of his own volunteers to be godfather of Cheng Bo. Without knowing his true identity, Cheon Bo is trained as a warrior by Tu'an Gu. When the orphan becomes old enough, Cheng Ying tells him of the tragic events that befell his upon family and requests revenge on Tu’an Gu.
