One-Person Play 'Jekyll and Hyde' Opens March 4... Starring Choi Jung-won, Go Hoon-jung, and Others

The novel "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, famous as the original work of the musical "Jekyll & Hyde," is being adapted into a play and will be staged.

The one-man play "Jekyll & Hyde" will open on March 4 at Daehangno TOM Theater 2.

While the protagonist of the original novel and musical is "Jekyll," the protagonist of the one-man play is Utterson, Jekyll's close friend. The play newly unravels the secrets, conflicts, and resulting incidents of "Jekyll" and "Hyde" from Utterson's perspective.

Cast of the one-person play 'Jekyll and Hyde.' From the top left clockwise: Choi Jeong-won, Go Hoon-jeong, Kang Ki-dung, Baek Seok-gwang
[Photo by Glim Artist]

The one-man play "Jekyll & Hyde" premiered in Edinburgh, Scotland, last January. While the musical "Jekyll & Hyde" offers spectacular visuals, the one-man play focuses on symbolically expressing the characters' psychology using minimal stage settings and props.

Director Lee Jun-woo said, "This work is a story exploring the essence of the human inner self," adding, "Based on the original's intense narrative, we will explore good and evil and human duality from a modern perspective." In particular, through the one-man play format, the process of conflict and fusion between the two personalities, 'Jekyll' and 'Hyde,' will be portrayed in depth.

The play "Jekyll & Hyde" features talented actors Choi Jung-won, Go Hoon-jung, Baek Seok-kwang, and Kang Ki-dung, who are actively working in theater, musicals, films, and dramas. The actors perform all the various characters appearing in the play.

The play "Jekyll & Hyde" will run until May 6 at Daehangno TOM Theater 2. The first round of ticket sales will begin on the 24th via Interpark Ticket.

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