From August to September 1939,the New Dian Grand Theater in Kunming staged the play The Wilderness,a collaboration between writer-director Cao Yu and the National Defense Drama Society.Wen Yiduo served as the stagecraft designer for the production.As one of the early proponents of the"national Opera movement",Wen Yiduo once again employed the concept of"comprehensive art"to elaborate on the play.The central theme of The Wilderness revolves around the awakening awareness of the National War against Japanese Aggression in the 1930s,portraying how it infused vitality into the nation's spirit.In the third act of The Wilderness which delves into the characters'multiple illusions,Wen Yiduo adeptly captures the script's transition from external action unity of revenge to the profound depths of internal spirit.Dialogue fled away on the stage of the mind of character,replaced by an exploration of a new modern psychological space within the characters'minds.Employing the aesthetics of the"Theater of the Black Forest",Wen Yiduo reveals the characters'"spirit of resistance",creating a new visual ethnographic portrayal within the dramas of the National War against Japanese aggression.
Wen YiduoThe Wildernessthe dramas of the National War against Japanese Aggressiondeprived dialogueTheatre of the Black Forest
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