Splendor of woman － The Interpretation of the Character of Madame Chiang Kai-shek in《Song of love》by Director Edition

• Main Authors: Cheng Yi Ting, 鄭亦庭
• Other Authors: 王友輝
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6zcru7

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 表演藝術研究所 === 102 === The core value of this thesis is “Being innovative but do not leave old ideas behind; going forward but do not forget your original purpose” which is cited from a speech called An old trunk with new branches of Soong May-ling (1998). Through explaining historical literatures and analyzing Soong’s changes and different attitudes in different periods of her life, the aim is to find true appearance of figures and their values toward the world. On the other hand, to reconstruct Soong’s life which went across three centuries, musical songs are used. The songs of musical also try to present her struggle for making decision between parents and friends; between country and family; and between indiscriminative love and personal love. Moreover, during the process of analyzing and shaping characters, we reorganize different perspectives of characters’ personalities from ordinary people, playwrights, and actors. At same time, we further characterize Soong May-ling who also has been described by playwrights, and present how she showed her purity and fearlessness to face her difficult time. A brief organization of thesis is given as follows. The thesis is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 is motivation and methodology of research. Chapter 2 reviews related history and literatures. Chapter 3 focuses on Song of Love. The text structure of director rehearsal version of the musical will be explained. The organization of songs in plot analysis is included in this chapter as well. Chapter 4 illustrates internal and external motivations of characters from performers’ points of view. The interaction between Soong and other roles is also described. Chapter 5 includes nine representative songs to present a “drama in music, music in drama” style of musical. Chapter 6 concludes the thesis.