The purpose of this article is examining the current existence of performancescripts of the National Changguk Company of Korea and inquiring into themeaningful activity of it. It is important that scripts contain not only lines ofactors, but also the ...
The purpose of this article is examining the current existence of performancescripts of the National Changguk Company of Korea and inquiring into themeaningful activity of it. It is important that scripts contain not only lines ofactors, but also the composition of music, motions of actors, and the roles ofcharacters. Also, it sometimes includes the significant reason that it can be playedon the stage and some other meaningful informations about the performance.
When the author rewrites the five pansori episodes to changguk scripts, he(orshe) has both autonomy and restriction because it basically has original scripts.
He(or she) maintains deoneum or nun-daemok of pansori as much as possibleand tries to adapt it for changguk scripts. The author sometimes puts some partsof music components or songs from other style of pansori as necessary sincehe(or she) writes down the scripts by focusing on the music part that has outstandingmusicality or develops a dramatic scene. We can find that the author acceptsthe new part of music from the previous short play or changguk performances.
It depends only on the author.
The committee for establishing gukguk[國劇定立委員會] launched in 1968seemed an extension institute of the committee for establishing original text[原典定立委員會]. The purpose of the committee for establishing gukgeuk was buildingup the basic form and tradition of gukguk, and for it, establishing style and scriptsof gukguk which should be requested. Since the committee for establishing gukgukfocused on making ‘canon’, diversity of version of pansori was not considered.
When we look on the canon of script that the committee for establishing gukgukmade, there are some features: First, it was based on the version of Shin Jae-hyo.
Second, it was textured by deoneum or nun-daemok of pansori. Lastly, witticismpart of pansori was not accepted.
For Lee Jin-sun, who belonged to the committee for establishing gukgeuk,changguk was able to be established by accepting the different kinds of dramatictechniques from other traditional performances. For example, he specially paidattention to tal-chum[Korean mask dance], and applied the walking skills of itto the play of changguk.
Heo Gyu, who made wanpan changguk, tried to maximize the music part ofthe five pansori and used dochang. He thought traditional theatricals could broadenthe dramatic expression realm of changguk. Also, he concerned not thecontemporary issue but the nature of human being like identity, emotion, andjest nature as Korean.
The performance Chunhyang-jeon(1998) and Simcheong-ga(1999) as wanpanjanggeuk changguk originated in wanpan changguk of Heo Gyu. Kim Myeong-gonwas in charge, and it tried to reveal the whole possibilities of music sourcesof pansori like wanpan changguk. However, wanpan janggeuk changguk aimedat big stage, splendid stage setting, and show variety which is not requestedto wanpan changguk.
From 2000, the typical feature of phenomenon was found. The actors likePark Seong-hwan and Cho Yeong-gyu started to write the scripts of changguk.
For Park Seong-hwan, it was important to make changguk as an universal musicalplay. He emphasized the sophisticated composition and other elements to maximizethe visual effect.
The script is one of components in performance art. It is not fixed becausemany people like art directors, actors, composers are related and make influenceon it. From the preparation to the end of stage, scripts are consistently changed,evaluated and revised. On this progress, the author primarily takes an importantrole.