A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Krapp’s Last Tape
The 27th Macau Arts Festival (MAF), which will be held in May, commemorates the 400th anniversary of the death of western literary giant William Shakespeare and of Tang Xianzu, a Chinese opera playwright who lived during the Ming Dynasty.
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has picked six highlights of the program, the full version of which has been published on its website. Among these is the opening show, Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” a romantic comedy staged by the Shakespeare Theatre Company from the USA and helmed by renowned Broadway director Ethan McSweeney.
Another highlight is “Krapp’s Last Tape,” directed and performed by internationally acclaimed theatre and opera director Robert Wilson. The monologue is an adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s famed work, and is considered a perfect match for Wilson’s abilities as a contemporary theatre master and playwright.
Also on the list is Tang Xianzu’s romantic tragedy “The Legend of the Purple Hairpin,” performed by renowned Cantonese opera artist Chu Chan Wa and other local opera artists.
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