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The best laid plans...

Green Ray Theater Troupe sticks closely to the script of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. PHOTO: COURTESY OF GREEN RAY THEATER TROUPE

Taiwan's theater companies adapt Western classics to the stage adeptly. Many, however, take an experimental approach - shorthand for taking liberties to justify the stage sensibilities of the production's director - and alter the original work beyond anything recognizable.

That said, Green Ray Theater Troupe (綠光劇團) has done something out of the ordinary with Of Mice and Men. The production sticks as closely as possible to the script without adding the usual experimental flourishes because the company wants to present local audiences with "the best of world literature so that they don't have to go abroad" to see theater classics. It is a formula that has brought Green Ray much success in the past.

The troupe will perform John Steinbeck's story of George and Lennie, two depression-era farm hands who dream of buying their own plot of farmland so they can lead a simple life. Despite their hard work and careful planning, their plan comes to naught after one of the two unwittingly commits murder.

Performance Notes What: Of Mice and Men Where: Metropolitan Hall's City Stage (臺北市社會教育館城市舞台), 25 Bade Rd Sec 3, Taipei (台北市八德路三段25號) When: Today through Monday at 7:30pm with a Sunday matinee at 2:30pm Tickets: NT$500 to NT$1,800 and are available at ERA ticketing outlets or online at www.ticket.com.tw

The production, which begins tonight at the Metropolitan Hall, brings together some of Taiwan's top theater professionals: Luo Bei-an (羅北安), whose last theatrical effort was the extremely popular remake of the Pulitzer-prize winning play Proof, teams up with film director Ke Yi-chung (柯一正).
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