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2000 Nobel Literature Laureate Gao Xingjian's Play... Theater Company 'Damul' Inaugural Performance

[Asia Economy Reporter Byunghee Park] The theater troupe Damul (多勿) will perform the play 'Bus Stop' as their inaugural production at Daehangno Naon Theater from the 20th to the 24th.

'Bus Stop' is a play written by Gao Xingjian, a Chinese-born novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2000. Gao Xingjian was born in Jiangxi Province, China in 1940, but acquired French nationality in 1998 and received the Nobel Prize as a French citizen.

'Bus Stop' depicts eight characters waiting endlessly at a bus stop to go downtown for various reasons. They include an elderly man going for a medical checkup, a skilled worker showing off his expertise, an old student preparing for college entrance exams, a country girl going on her first date, a mother worried only about her child's education and household chores, Manager Ma invited to a reception, a rude young man, and a silent person all gathered at the bus stop.

JihO Jeong (38), professor of Acting Arts at Dong Seoul University and representative of theater troupe Damul, directed the play. Artistic director Dooyoung Kim of Damul and director of the Future Theater Research Institute, as well as Professor Sookyung Oh of Hanyang University, president of the Korea-China Theater Exchange Association, participated in production.

Actors include Taewon Guk (elderly man), Sanha Park (country girl), Donghyun Lee (careless young man), Donghoon Kim, Jooyeon Park (glasses wearer), Yeonju Yoo (mother), Jungho Kim (skilled worker), and Kyungtae Bang (Manager Ma).

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