Oscar Wilde, a master dramatist from 19th century Ireland, spent a total of three weeks coming up with his most representative comedy and final play — The Importance of Being Earnest. The play is a satire about the hypocrisy and vanity of Victorian nobility. The script’s witty dialogues are in a league of their own. Taiwanese poet Yu Kuang-chung, who sometimes dabbles in politics, spent six weeks translating Wilde’s play into Chinese, transforming the quintessence of Wilde’s caustic language into something Taiwanese can comprehend. The play is to be performed at the National Theater from May 24 to 27. Yang Shih-peng is serving as director and will be joined by actors Lu Yan, Yang Chin-hua, Yang Chian-pei, Duan Hsu-ming, Lin Ching-tai, as well as multi-talented actors Huang Shih-wei and Yao Shen-chun.
(LIBERTY TIMES, TRANSLATED BY KYLE JEFFCOAT)
十九世紀愛爾蘭戲劇鬼才王爾德花了三星期構思完成喜劇代表作及最後一齣戲《不可兒戲》，嘲諷英國維多利亞時代貴族虛偽、虛榮的姿態，機鋒的劇本對話更是一絕。如何將王爾德的毒語化成國人可以理解的精華，不時介入政治的詩人余光中花了六星期翻譯出來。中文版《不可兒戲》五月二十四日至二十七日在國家劇院推出，由楊世彭執導，演員盧燕與楊謹華、楊千霈、段旭明、林慶台，以及劇場全方位演員黃士偉、姚坤君擔綱演出。
（自由時報記者趙靜瑜）
Photo: Huang Hsu-lei, Liberty Times
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Photo: Kuo Fang-chi, Liberty Times
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