The Disappeared Characters Discussion on the Absence of Clowns in "A Spray of Plum Blossoms"

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10.2991/iccessh-19.2019.202How to use a DOI?

Keywords

The Two Gentlemen of Verona; "A Spray of Plum Blossoms"; localization adaptation; clown

Abstract

Director Bu Wancang adapted a new drama "A Spray of Plum Blossoms" on the basis of Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona". The former borrowed the plot of the latter, but made a bold localization adaptation. This paper attempts to analyze the reason why Bu Wancang removes the clown in "A Spray of Plum Blossoms" from three aspects of the cognition of clown from the traditional Chinese drama, the film and the director's own background and the audience's acceptance. It is believed that it is precisely because the clown is in a low position in traditional drama, the director accepts the traditional Chinese education and the "civic essence" of most of the audience at that time, which led to the disappearance of the clown in "A Spray of Plum Blossoms".

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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