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姜效韦 指导老师：Esther Young from Yale University文章来源：戏剧艺术网Background and objective:Zhu Yingtai was born in a wealthy squire family in Shangyu county, east China Zhejiang province. When the girl grew up, she became beautiful, smart and sometimes willful. As she was the only child in the family, the father loved her very much. He chose many suitors for her; however, none of the candidates could touch the girl’s heart. Zhu had an idea. She put forward to attend a school and then find an ideal man to marry by herself. Her father thought it as nonsense at first, for at that time, attending school was exclusively for boys. Nevertheless, he agreed after her continuous entreating. Then Zhu disguised herself as a boy. During her traveling to the famous Hangzhou Wan Song School, Zhu got acquainted with a young scholar, Liang Shanbo, who was both talented and virtuous. Fortunately, Liang was also to go to the famous academy, where they both enrolled as students. Liang and Zhu studied in the same room and lived under the same roof. They treated each other like brothers. They had three years of merry life before Zhu received a letter from her father one day. She had to go back home, for she was told in the letter her father’s got ill seriously. But this was a shell game for her.Zhu tried to show her tenderness and love by all kinds of ways to Liang during he was seeing her off for a distance as long as 18 li (Chinese unit of distance, 1 li is equaled as 500 meters). But Liang was too dull to realize anything, as he had never doubted that Zhu is a boy. This is one of the most vivid description of the story, known as “18 li seeing off” to Chinese people. Arriving at home, Zhu found her father was not ill at all. He had engaged her to a son of a rich family. This time Zhu’s objections became pale and helpless. When Liang became aware of Zhu, actually, was a girl and he had been fallen in love with her so deeply, he was filled with grief and regret, and then died after months, with a final request of burying him at Huqiao. Zhu decided to marry the man she’d never known about, for she had to obey his father and the feudalism. When her bridal procession passed by Huqiao on its way to the bridegroom’s house, there was a sudden tornado, and they were forced to stop. Zhu stepped down her bridal sedan chair and wept bitterly in front of Liang’s grave. Suddenly the grave split, she stepped into it. Then it became shinning and peace. Two exquisite butterflies were dancing above the grave. People saw them flying off into the distance, never part from each other. People called this famous plot “Turned to butterflies” which is the most important part of Liangzhu, because from it we can see the ideal of the people.As the story of Romeo and Juliet is known throughout western countries both to the old and young, a fairy tale of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, is also a story of tragic love was handed down through generations in China. The legend not only keenly reveals the mischief to the ancient Chinese but truly reflects constraints on the Chinese custom of politeness in the feudal autocratic age as well, which is similar to the Romeo and Juliet in a way. The great difference is that from Liangzhu we can see the ideal of the Chinese ancient people. The story of Liang-Zhu is still considered as the best illustrations of true love by Chinese people. Nowadays, among various expressions of this classic story, the most popular art form may be the violin concerto ”Liang-Zhu”, composed by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang in 1950s, which is also deemed to be one of the most successful music accomplishments in Chinese modern history. Like most myths, this story has more than one version. But I haven’t found the English version of drama. So I write it for the purpose that English Liang Zhu can be shown on the stage.Casting:Liang Shanbo: A young man, whose father was a prefect[1], lived with his mother after the death of his father. At the age of 17, he went to Hangzhou City to study. He had a strong sense of justice. Besides, he was longing for a free life and a peaceful word. He was just an intelligentsia who had no force to rebel against the rulers, so at last he had to compromise to the great evils.Yingtai: A young lady, 16 years old, was born in a rich family, whose mother was dead. She thought that women and men were born equally. So she tried her best to study as well as men. During the school life, she fell in love with Shanbo. She was also shy as every ancient Chinese girl was. When her ideal marriage was damaged, she tried her best to resist. At last she won! Zhu Gongyuan: The father of Yingtai, 36 years old, was a rich cowardly man. He was a Jinshi[2]. As he had only one daughter, he loved her very much. But he also loved the lordliness with fear, because he was afraid that refusing Prefect Ma would break his peaceful life. Yinxin: The attendant of Yingtai, about 15 years old, was born in a very p。