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Veteran actor Lee Soon-jae, recently wrapped up a 16-day run of “King Lear” on Sunday at the LG Arts Center in Gangseo-gu, Seoul. The 88-year-old -- the oldest actor still active in Korea -- commanded the stage for 200 minutes, in captivating performance as Shakespeare’s tragic ruler. Having completed the 16 performances from June 1-18, Lee expressed his gratitude through a statement released by the...
Plays, performances on labor issues hit stages Posted : 2021-06-07 09:07 By Park Ji-won A series of plays and dance performances focusing on the lives and deaths of factory workers are running in local theaters in June and July. The musical, "1976 Harlan County," which runs from May 28 to July 4 at the Chungmu Arts Center, revolves around miners in the United States who went on strike against their employer in 1973. The piece is inspired by the Oscar-winning documentary film, "Harlan County, USA," which was released in 1976. Director Yoo Byung-eun said, "I wrote the first edition of this work in 2016. As a father raising children, I started to write the script while thinking about how to express the tragedy of the Sewol ferry disaster."