Li Guoxiu

Li Guoxiu

Li Guoxiu (December 30, 1955 - July 2, 2013), born in Taipei City and ancestral home in Laiyang, Shandong Province, is a playwright, director and head of a troupe in Taiwan, China.

He once participated in the establishment and performance of Lanling opera workshop and performance workshop, and later started the screen performance class. He was the artistic director of the screen performance class, and was also an associate professor of the script creation Research Institute of National Taipei University of Arts. From April to June 2010, he worked as a resident artist in Qingyun University of science and technology, and his wife was Wang Yue, a famous Taiwanese artist. At 3:34 am on July 2, 2013, he died of colorectal cancer and was 58 years old.

Early experience

Li Guoxiu, born on December 30, 1955 in Taiwan, is a type a Capricorn. He grew up in Zhonghua shopping mall in ximenting. His father is a craftsman who makes handmade shoes for Chinese opera. The mother is the protagonist of the new work "daughter red (Drama)", and she is in the same hometown with her father.

He graduated from the Department of broadcasting and television of Shixin University. When he was 18, he joined the drama club of Shixin University and devoted himself to theatre performance and creation because of his interest. In 1986, at the age of 31, he founded the screen performance class. At present, he is the art director of the screen performance class and an associate professor of the script creation Institute of Taipei University of the arts.

Li Guoxiu became Ma Ji's only disciple in Taiwan. In 1989, Li Guoxiu paid homage to Ma Ji as a teacher in Guangzhou and became the only descendant of Ma Ji in Taiwan. Under the guidance of Ma Ji, Li Guoxiu integrated the essence of crosstalk art into modern drama, such as three times and four fights, unexpected in reason, praise first and then derogation.

Acting experience

Xijil, Zhang Yichi and sun Henghai are Li Guoxiu's three apprentices in Beijing. They study writing, directing, company management and drama analysis respectively.

Sigil, senior stage producer. His works include: shamlet by Li Guoxiu, Taiwan screen troupe, Madame Bovary by Yihua Lin, gaudy life in Liuli village, and single men and women.

Zhang Yichi is a TV director, planner, screenwriter, crosstalk writer and senior fan of Quyi. Works: crosstalk drama liulizhuang gaudy life, drama single men and women, etc

Sun Henghai, one of the best stage producers in mainland China. He is currently the director of zhilehui (Beijing) culture media Co., Ltd. and the producer of zhilehui stage drama.

When Li Guoxiu was 18 years old, he joined the drama club when he was studying at the world journalism college. He graduated from the Shixin radio and Television Department and devoted himself to theater performance and creation because of his interest. In 1980, he came into contact with Gengshen experimental Troupe (the predecessor of Lanling opera workshop), which was founded by Dr. Wu Jingji. Zhao Wang, who performed in "the new match of lotus beads" in Lanling opera workshop, has attracted everyone's attention. Later, he took part in the performance of Huashi variety 100 and became a well-known comedian. In 1982, he won the "most potential dramatist Award" of the Golden Bell Award for TV series "three five commandments of Tang Dynasty".

In 1984, he founded a performance workshop with Lai Shengchuan and Li Liqun. In 1985, he participated in the group performance "that night, we talk about crosstalk".

In 1986, at the age of 31, he founded the "screen performance class". There are more than 30 stage choreographers and directors, including the series of "can three people do it?" the great wall of half a mile, "shamlet", "going out of Yangguan in the west" and "Revelation of Beijing Opera". Li Guoxiu is not only a screenwriter and director, but also a stage actor. Qi Yanglin was highly rated as one of "Taiwan's best performers" in the play.

Its motto is: "people, a lifetime to do a good job on the merits."

Li Guoxiu once mentioned in an interview that he only wanted to do one thing well in his life, that is to "open the door, go on stage and act.".

On December 21, 2011, Li Guoxiu reported that he was suffering from colorectal cancer. On the evening of December 21, he called to his fans on Facebook: "thank you for your prayers and blessings! I promise to return to my favorite stage again!"

On December 22, 2011, Li Guoxiu, artistic director of screen performance class, personally confirmed that he was suffering from stage III colorectal cancer, and the cancer cells had metastasized to the liver, so he decided to leave his favorite stage temporarily,

On December 30, 2012, after "Li Guoxiu's farewell to the outdoor broadcasting field of Beijing Opera Apocalypse" was held at Taipei track and field stadium, he concentrated on recuperation and suspended his performance in 2012.

At 3:34 a.m. on July 2, 2013, Li Guoxiu, artistic director of screen performance class, died of colorectal cancer in the hospital.

Main works

Since 1976, Li Guoxiu has written plays for Taiwan Islanders, and has published 36 stage plays. According to the theme, content and form, the works can be divided into five categories: experimental drama, current affairs drama, comedy, tragicomedy and adapted drama. As a matter of fact, it's just like this.

Experimental dramas: Premarital trust behavior, drama without me

Current affairs Drama: "national salvation Co., Ltd.";

Comedy: can three people do it? Urban comedy series, situational comedy series;

Tragicomedy: West out of Yangguan, light of the Arctic, daughter red, etc;

Adapted Novels: the revelation of marriage and my sister

Latest works: Beijing Opera Apocalypse (2007)

Playing Professor Li Zhenyuan (Liya's father) in Panda Man (2009)

The story of time (1982)

Many famous Taiwanese actors have been to Pingfeng and Li Guoxiu to learn from their teachers. For example, Fang Wenshan (best lyricist of Taiwan Golden Melody Award), Wang Renfu (member of Taiwan idol group 5566) participated in the performance of "Liuyi Gang" in 2008; Guo Ziqian (member of the national Troupe) and Zeng Guocheng (famous TV host in Taiwan). In 2007, he met with Beijing to perform "samlet"; in 1996, he cooperated with Yi Nengjing to perform "never met".

In the early 1980s, Li Guoxiu and actor Li Liqun jointly talked about cross talk that night, which caused a huge sensation in Taiwan, and the story of cross talk became a household name. Then in 1986, they started a screen performance class. From the beginning, the crew members raised the production cost from their own pocket, to 32 consecutive performances of "can three people do it?" which opened the way of screen experimental drama creation. Li Guoxiu, who is also a screenwriter, director and actor, has been insisting on the original script for 24 years. He is known as "Moliere" in Taiwan by playing 22 roles in the drama "marriage notice"; he plays a veteran in his original drama "going out of the Yangguan in the west", which is even more astonished by public opinion as "Li Guoxiu's performance closest to Chaplin's height".

"Daughter red", based on her mother, shocked the hearts of all audiences when it premiered in 2003. Li Guoxiu's mother moved from the mainland to Taiwan during the war. She was homesick all day and suffered from severe depression. She never left home. Young Li Guoxiu once felt shame for such a mother. He avoided talking about his mother, so that his classmates thought he had no mother. Until he reached middle age and saw all kinds of life, Li Guoxiu began to feel sympathy and guilt for his mother. He realized that after a turbulent life, there must be an uncontrollable storm in her heart, and then she would be entangled with depression all her life. Therefore, he picked up a pen and wrote a story about a woman who was wandering in the changing times by means of a mother's wedding dress. The story spans 70 years. From the simplicity of Laiyang, Shandong Province, the war and migration in the 1930s, the artillery fire of the civil war, the Chinese shopping mall in Taipei City in the 1960s and the modern Hakka village in Taiwan, Li Guoxiu uses history to find his mother's perseverance, kindness, loyalty, frustration and pain in his life. He uses daughter red to complete his memory and respect for his mother.

Li Guoxiu's "going out of Yangguan in the west" is also the result of his life in other provinces. Veterans from other provinces in Taiwan have gradually been marginalized by society, and their lives and feelings are seldom paid attention to. Li Guoxiu has created a "going out of Yangguan in the west" for them. It describes the bitter life of several veterans who like to stay in the red envelope field (singing Hall), their dreams and disillusionment, and shows the deepest sadness of this crowd. Every performance audience will burst into tears.

Personal life

Suffering from cancer

On December 22, 2011, Li Guoxiu, artistic director of screen performance class, personally confirmed that he suffered from stage III colorectal cancer and the cancer cells had metastasized to the liver. He decided to leave his favorite stage temporarily. On the evening of December 21, he yelled to his fans on Facebook: "thank you for your prayers and blessings. I promise that I will return to my favorite stage again!"

Li Guoxiu announced at a press conference on the 21st that after performing "Revelation of Beijing Opera", he would concentrate on chemotherapy and fight against cancer. In the performing arts circle, many young soldiers went to the press conference to cheer him up and support their eternal teacher.

At 3:34 am on July 2, 2013, Li Guoxiu died of colorectal cancer in the hospital. Li Guoxiu, a famous Taiwanese dramatist and founder of screen performance class, died of illness in Taiwan at the age of 58. Yesterday afternoon, Li Guoxiu's funeral Committee held a memorial meeting in Taipei. Lin Jiafeng, the new artistic director of screen, announced that a "final curtain call: The Legend of Li Guoxiu" memorial meeting will be held at the butterfly dance hall of Taipei Huabo park at 10 a.m. on July 18 (next Thursday). Due to limited seats, fans who want to attend the memorial meeting can register on the official screen website before 12:00 noon on July 15. Fans with screen tickets can write down what they say to Mr. Guoxiu on the tickets. They can post them on the background board of the activity site before entering. All tickets will be presented to Mr. Guoxiu after the memorial meeting.

Lin Jiafeng also said that before his death, the teacher warned that the memorial meeting should not disturb the residents and should not be held in the theater, so as not to affect other performing groups

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