- Chinese Name: 吳興國
- Birth Name: 吳國秋
- Date of Birth: April 12, 1953
- Birthplace: Kaohsiung City (Southern Taiwan)
Biography
Theater actor, playwright, and director Wu Hsing-kuo believes that Chinese opera works adequately with Western adaptations. He continues to develop and diversify the traditional performance art form in the hope of appealing to younger audiences and bringing different parts of world together … (read more)
Select Works
Shakespeare series:
- Hamlet / "War and Eternity (王子復仇記)”
- King Lear / "King Lear (李爾在此)”
- Macbeth / "Kingdom of Desire (慾望城國)”
- The Tempest / "The Tempest (暴風雨)”
Greek Tragedy series:
- "Medea (樓蘭女)”
- "Oresteia (奧瑞斯提亞)”
Western Literature Canon series:
- "Metamorphosis (蛻變)”
- "Run! Chekhov! (契訶夫傳奇)”
- "Waiting for Godot (等待果陀)”
Classic Opera series:
- "Farewell my Concubine (霸王別姬)”
Youth Opera series:
- "108 Heroes, Tales from The Water Margin (水滸108忠義堂)”
Reviews
- "[He's] made one of the most revered texts of Western culture into something personal and unique to himself. He's playing his own Lear, as everybody eventually does.” - Australian Stage
- "Hsing-kuo slips between the identities of self, actor and character; the result an often beautiful exploration of questions about legacy, respect for age and maturity and the loss of identity.” - Exeunt Magazine
- "The theatrical energy Wu Hsing-Kuo brings to the stage demonstrates his clear mastery of his art form.” - Review Vancouver
- "Wu Hsing-kuo is the Taiwanese answer to Orson Welles.” - The Guardian