Become a dramatist from today

"Speaking of which, how is my theater troupe doing?" Huang Baiyou didn't care and just checked the income and expenditure report every year.

Opening the theater group, the group was quite active during the Mister Butterfly period. At that time, Huang Baiyou joined the group as a newcomer to drama.

But since Huang Baiyou acquired the Xiaoqiu Shan Theater Company, and the drama actors learned that Huang was the boss, they basically stopped talking in the group.

Occasionally someone would speak, and it was just a matter of business.

After turning off the group chat interface, Huang Baiyou couldn't even remember why he wanted to acquire the troupe. Wouldn't it be great to be an outside member of the troupe?

"What a pig's brain. Apart from eating, I can't remember anything all day long." Huang Baiyou despised himself.

After ten minutes, we arrived at our destination, located opposite the Vancouver Library, and bought a ticket to enter.

Today's performance is Ibsen's "A Doll's House".

It's a classic drama. Huang Baiyou has read the book before, but the drama... I've never seen it.

The main theme of A Doll's House is the rise of female consciousness, and the main story is the process of Nora's break with her husband Helmer.

Huang Baiyou's review is a good work, good in all aspects, and the great writers' depictions of human nature are very wonderful.

After watching the first half, I remember a particularly heartbreaking line, "A person who struggles to survive will become selfish."

During the fifteen-minute intermission, Huang Baiyou stretched. He had a good bladder and didn't smoke, so he walked around the theater aimlessly.

"I have been sitting for more than an hour and my back hurts a bit." Huang Baiyou remembered to bring a lumbar cushion next time.

"By the way, I haven't sat or stood for a long time, so why does it hurt so much?"

Huang Baiyou reflected on it and found that he had no bad habits except for drinking cold water.

Could it be caused by his love for drinking cold water? Huang Baiyou guessed and decided to see a Chinese medicine doctor when he had the chance.

Huang is somewhat traditional in some aspects. For example, he believes more in Chinese medicine than Western medicine.

The decoration of the Vancouver Theater is very modern. I bought souvenirs from the small shop next to it. An ordinary canvas bag with the name of the theater printed on it cost 10 Canadian dollars, but everyone came here.

The total running time of "A Doll's House" is two hours and forty minutes, so there is a full 15-minute break.

After a while, the show continued, this time featuring Lindsay, the prima donna of the Avon Theatre.

She performed Nora's series of emotions extremely smoothly from being dependent on her husband, to sadness, disappointment, despair, and finally her own awakening.

Especially when the whole body muscle control of emotional expression makes Huang Baiyou amazed.

"Being in front of the stage and in front of the camera are indeed two systems. Strictly speaking, Stanislavsky's experientialists were the first to teach stage actors."

Huang Baiyou thought to himself, and stood up and applauded with the audience. Stage actors must not only read their lines clearly but also loudly, so they need special vocal skills.

Basic vocalization requires opening the chest.

"Stanislavsky would also spend several months studying how to pronounce a vowel better."

"The actress who plays Nora does a great job."

Huang Baiyou also wanted to chat with the actress and have an exchange of acting skills, but... he thought very well, but in fact it was impossible to do it.

As a film and television actor, he has limited fame in Europe and the United States, and as a dramatist, he is even more unknown.

Unable to even get in backstage, Huang Baiyou gave up his plans, but he was still happy after seeing a wonderful performance.

"Go home." Huang Baiyou called a taxi with Uber.

In the car, Huang Baiyou lowered his head and scrolled through his circle of friends, and then saw Captain Liang's Weibo.

Although most of my friends are in the film industry, they don’t talk much about movies on weekdays.

The “political king” in the circle of friends is Deng Gangce, who posts long articles to express his views on basically every policy.

Currently, we are evaluating the policy of fully liberalizing purchase restrictions in second-tier cities... Huang Baiyou sometimes wonders if Brother Deng has become a dark star in movies because he is too involved in politics.

But I did see an interesting development.

Captain Liang: [I finally got Teacher Guo’s permission to play “Li Bai”, but the play was too difficult and there was no suitable male lead. ]

"Xiao Qiushan Troupe is so promising, they can actually perform "Li Bai"."

"Li Bai" is a very famous play. Huang Baiyou knows a lot about it, and it is listed as a repertoire by the Capital People's Art Theatre.

What is the level of the human art repertoire? "Longxugou", "Thunderstorm", "Teahouse", "Cai Wenji", etc. are on the level of textbooks.

"It is indeed difficult to find a actor to play the male protagonist Li Bai in "Li Bai". I remember that Teacher Miao won many awards at the Magnolia Drama Festival, Wenhua Performance Award, and Plum Blossom Award with this play, and became an instant hit." Huang Baiyou murmured Talk to yourself.

This play is really good. It won five Wenhua Awards for script, director, stage design, performance and performance.

Even the stars that emerged from Teacher Miao's crew at that time are still active on the drama stage.

[Haven't found the actor yet? ] Huang Baiyou sent a message to Captain Liang.

Soon after, Captain Liang replied: "It's too difficult. This play has very little plot to begin with. It is a psychological drama. It is arrogant, despondent, serious, and eager to be successful. No wonder few theater troupes dare to film this play." ]

Captain Liang: [Hey, Teacher Huang, do you want to come and give it a try? ]

Drama? To be honest, it would be nice to go to the drama circle.

But if you play it, it will be a hell-level difficulty "Li Bai", which is not good.

To roughly explain it in film language, it is equivalent to remaking the classic "movie" of People's Art Theater (Beijing People's Art Theater) in Xiaoqiushan Theater Company. It is too difficult.

Just as Huang Baiyou was about to reply, the driver reminded him that he was already there.

Huang Baiyou had an appointment with Chang Shudi in the evening. Huang Baiyou saw that the time was almost up. He gave Captain Liang a reply and started to pack up and go out.

"Have my shirts been washed?" Huang Baiyou called the hotel. He had asked the hotel to do dry cleaning before. These things are usually done by life assistants.

But he had a day off today, and he also gave Wu Xiaoxiao a day off. During the day off, this guy was almost like a runaway Erha, running out to go shopping.

I will be leaving Canada in two days, so it’s time to buy some souvenirs.

Time: Dinner time

Location: Michelin three-star store Le.Crocodile

Characters: Huang Baiyou and Chang Shudi

"There are only two Michelin three-star restaurants in Vancouver. The other one eats local wild vegetables and venison. I was worried that you wouldn't like it, Brother Thirteen, so I chose this one." Chang Shudi started.

To be honest, local wild vegetables and venison are more attractive to Huang Baiyou than exquisite French cuisine.

However, he couldn't tell the truth. Huang Baiyou still thanked Chang Shudi for his thoughtfulness.

After a while, there was avocado salad, lobster bisque, salt-fried chicken breast, and the main dish was steak Wellington with foie gras.

"Do you still like the taste?" Chang Shudi asked.

"It's delicious, especially the beef." Huang Baiyou replied.

If you have the opportunity to eat at this restaurant, remember not to top it with foie gras, as the beef will be too greasy. This is Huang Baiyou's personal experience.