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On a weekday in October, Jeongbo little theater in Hehwa
wasfilledwithmanypeoplewhocametoseethisspecialplay.
Fourblindsonthestagearetheonlyprops,whichrepresenta
maze.Alsoonstageisamanwithanelectricguitarplaying
background music. With the peculiar title of the play, this
strange scene increases the solemnity in the theater and the
audiencegazesthestagewithexpectationandfear.
Phedra is a character in Greek Mythology who is the
queenofKingTheseus.Butunluckily,shelovesherstepson
and dies tragically. The play is composed of six stories
fromeachletterofhername.Itfeaturesanomnibus,which
represents the overall great theme by combining several
stories together, and in so doing, reveals the daily lives of
contemporarypeople.
YeomSang-ae,thedirectoroftheplay,said,“Iwantedto
represent the pathological situation of Korea. This society
is like a bullring where the bulls must kill each other to
survive. Outside the bullring, the audience witnesses this
butdoesnotregarditasrelatedtotheirlives.Ithoughtthat
tragedies are prevalent in Korea just like in the lives of
Phedra.”
The play deals with stories of people who suffer from
dark situations, featuring the social dramas of their
circumstances.Inallsixofthestories,themaincharacters,
sub characters, narrators, and observers all rotate from
story to story and remarkably combine movement with
Psycho-physicaltheater
acting. The blinds on the stage shape the scenes through
projections. The projections reveal the ridiculousness of
the stories. Besides the blinds, there is only the guitarist
playing background music during the play. This completes
themovementoftheactorsandtheatmosphereoftheplay.
Syndrome
PHEDRASyndromeandKorea
The omnibus story composes a theme of each session
from the letters of “PHEDRA.” Taken all together, the
stories represent the minorities or the weak in Korean
society.Peoplemaythinkthatthesestoriesarenotrelevant
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to their lives, but through the play they come to identify
with these characters. The play strikes a responsive chord
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with the audience through their recognition of themselves
ost plays shown in Daehakno, the centeral district of Korean
inthecharacters.
playsandmusicalsinnothernSeoul,aremostlyromancesor
comedies.Audiencesatthesedramasoftenburstintolaughter
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during the dialogue. But there is a fresh genre of play, which earnestly
The character in the first story has undergone a tragedy
explores Korean society. “PHEDRA Syndrome,” created by Korean
losing her husband in car accident. Her acquaintances
artistslastyear,isdifferentinthewayitdescribesastorythroughusing
regardherasasuspect,though,becausetheydoubtwhether
bodymovement.Itachievesitsgoaltocompletelyintegratetheplaywith
she has another guy and needs the compensation from
theaudience.Theworkwasfirststagedlastyearandhasbeenrecognized
the accident. The public talks about a person who stands
foritscinematicquality.Itwasperformedonemoretimethisautumn.
at the center of the event in such a way that the audience
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