Qianjiang is the hometown of Mr. Cao Yu, the founder of modern Chinese drama and an outstanding drama master. Cao Yu is known as "Oriental Shakespeare", and his classic plays such as Thunderstorm, Sunrise and Yuan Ye are well-known at home and abroad. He used to be the executive chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association. He founded the Shakespeare Society in China and served as its first president. He also visited Stratford. Gong Dingrong, deputy secretary of Qianjiang Municipal Party Committee, said that in recent years, with the goal of "building a drama capital and a famous cultural city", Qianjiang City has built Cao Yu Cultural Industrial Park, Cao Yu Memorial Hall and Cao Yu Grand Theatre, rebuilt Cao Yu's ancestral home, and successfully adapted and performed Cao Yu's Thunderstorm and Yuan Ye, as well as the Plum Blossom Award Art Exchange Center of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Chinese Dramatists Association and Cao Yu's plays. China (Qianjiang) Caoyu Culture Week held in Qianjiang was rated as "the most prestigious cultural festival in China" by People's Daily. Last year, the Qianjiang Municipal Government made the first contact and communication with Stratford Town. The theme of this visit is to open the drama cultural exchange in the hometown of two drama masters, let Cao Yu's plays go to the world, and let Shakespeare's plays enter Qianjiang. Liu Yongze, Party Secretary and Executive Vice Chairman of Hubei Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and his party were invited to visit Shakespeare's former residence and the Theatre of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and watched China's first play "Orphan of Zhao" staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Artists in Cao Yu's hometown performed a fragment of the Flower Drum Opera "Yuanye" and presented calligraphy works with Shakespeare's famous sentences as the content, which was highly appreciated by colleagues in his hometown. Qianjiang also warmly invited the Royal Shakespeare Company to participate in the 3rd Cao Yu Culture Week on 20 14, and Mr. Greg Duolun, the artistic director, accepted the invitation with pleasure. During the visit, the delegation also had an exchange discussion with the Shakespeare Birthplace Foundation. Dr. Wells, Chairman of the Foundation, said that "Cao Yu's plays shine with the brilliance of human nature and have strong artistic shock". The delegation also visited Avon College, a British international center college specializing in cultural exchanges between China and Britain. Ms Taylor Ai, vice president of the College, expressed her willingness to build a long-term communication platform for the hometown of two Chinese and Western drama masters, and signed a memorandum of cooperation with Qianjiang. Cultural officials in Stratford believe that this visit has opened a through train for the exchange of drama culture between Qianjiang and Stratford in China, and promised to pay a return visit at an appropriate time.
On June 5438+065438+ 10 this year, Mr. Cao Yu and Dr. Li, the daughter of Rain Lee Ruzhi and a professor from Leeds University in the UK, led a delegation from Leeds University in the UK, and were invited to perform the drama "The Sun is not ours" adapted from Cao Yu's four plays in Qianjiang, and signed an inter-school exchange memorandum with Jianghan Art Vocational College in our city. The trip to Qianjiang made her deeply feel the love of her hometown for Cao Yu. She said: "Mr. Cao Yu loves and admires Shakespeare's plays very much. This cultural exchange realized his father's dream before his death. "
The third Cao Yu Culture Week is scheduled to be held in 20 14 years, not in 20 13 years as everyone guessed.
It should be held on 20 14. After all, the Caoyu Grand Theatre is only piling now, and such a magnificent project will take 20 14 to complete even if the construction period is now grasped. Cao Yu Grand Theatre must receive audiences during the third Cao Yu Culture Week.