Madame Bovary Is Me—From “Becoming” a Character to “Interpreting” a Character

• Main Authors: Chun-Chan Wei, 魏雋展
• Other Authors: 林于立立
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/rv74rt

碩士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 劇場藝術研究所 === 96 === This thesis analyzes how the researcher, an actor, achieves both self-criticism and social-criticism when working with the director Edward Lam, who is strongly social-critical, through reflecting on the working experience as the actor in the play “Madame Bovary Is Me”, inspired by the French writer Gustave Flaubert’s novel “Madame Bovary”. The thesis is divided into five chapters: The first chapter introduces the characteristics of the director Edward Lam’s works, and Gustave Flaubert’s novel “Madame Bovary”. The second chapter presents the workshop before rehearsal with the details how Edward Lam raises issues in the workshop and leads actors/actresses through the journey from self-criticism to social-criticism. The third chapter describes how we rehearsed in Hong Kong, and analyses how I dealt with my performance. The forth chapter focuses on how I reinterpret my role when the play is on tour to Taiwan. The fifth chapter portraits the reflection-after-acting process of touring among, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China for two years. The changes I examine include the actual acting on the stage and the guiding concept from becoming a character to interpreting a character behind the stage. In the end, this thesis is to explore possibilities to find more connections between the social context and my performance. as I was involved in a group improvisation.