Life Archive (Directorial Notes by Chen Xinyi)

Author: Mao Shian
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book is a collection that pours out the author's thoughts, emotions, philosophical reflections, and aesthetic pursuits, documenting Chen Xinyi's purpose in theater art and the journey of forming her theater philosophy. The theatrical works she directs are life dramas that transform and elevate her own theatrical life. She presents humanity, the value of human life, human joys and sorrows, human joys and sorrows, human destinies, human interactions with history, with each other, and with themselves—revealing the heart-wrenching divisions and conflicts within. The audience, watching her exceptional life dramas, is in fact examining both her and her own theatrical life.