Plaster Zhang (Gao Yao Zhang)
Overview. Peking Opera Plaster Zhang is a modern comedy set against late-Qing society, created by the Hubei Beijing Opera Troupe, refracting the storms of revolution through the absurd predicament of a small man — a rare satirical comedy among modern Peking Opera.
Synopsis. In the late Qing, an old plaster-selling peddler, "Plaster Zhang," is swept by a twist of fate into the fugitive turmoil of revolutionaries — a revolutionary, hunted, takes refuge in his home, triggering a string of ridiculous misunderstandings. The play, through the kindness and clumsiness of a market-place small man, paints the full gallery of mankind in the cracks of the age amid the absurd.
Artistic Features. Plaster Zhang excels in the comic chou (or laosheng) performance; the recitation and body language brim with market-place mirth, a successful attempt to turn heavy history into black humor in modern Peking Opera.
Why Watch. Writing the great age through the absurdity of a small man, Plaster Zhang is a modern Peking Opera comedy that makes one laugh through bitterness and lingers in the mind.
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