It has been a long time since I watched the stage play in China. From the campus newspaper I Just known that the UCR theater department would offer a lot of plays during quarters. A lot of those are quite great, while the only difference is that watching player here seems quite official. They sells tickets just like watch movie in the theater and it costs more than watching a movie.
It was quite lucky that day, because it was the last show, for some reason they reduced the number of shows. And we went to the wrong theater, so almost missed it. But quite luckily, we got some company and figured out the right place.
The stage and the decoration were quite amazing. There was a small pool in the middle of stage for the play is related to water a lot. It is a fantastic idea to have a small pool, quite consistent with the original play.
As to the "Metamorphoses",it is a play by American playwright Mary Zimmerman adapted from the classic Ovid poem, Metamorphoses (poem). I read some of those story from the original Metamorphoses when I was kid, and some of those from GRE worlds. Well the first time to watch the adapted version, kind of out of expectation.
From all the vignettes, I liked the one about Eros and Psyche best. Even though those two main actors did not speak any words, the whole story was narrated by "Q" and "A". Eros and Psyche stands for love and sole, which are quite appropriate explanation of the relationship between those. And only through blind yourselves, you can finally fall into a deep love.
And another things, watching the play seemed to be the requirement for some courses according to the survey after the play which is sad ....
