This year's first play, "Manseon" (directed by Shim Jae-chan), presented by the National Theater Company, depicts a fisherman's determination and tragedy against the sea. Like the Santiago old man in Hemingway's novel "The Old Man and the Sea," the main character Gomchi (Kim Myung-soo) lives in the sea all his life and considers fishing his vocation. An unprecedented number of departments (Boguchi) appear in the waters of Chilsan Mountain in the South Sea, and the gomchi set sail ambitious to pay off their overdue debts and buy a plausible ship.
In the end, unlike the old Santiago man who was defeated by the sea but did not lose his dignity, Gomchi falls into a miserable situation. Yeon-cheol (Sung Geun-chang), the lover of Dosam (Hwang Kyu-hwan), a grown-up son, and Zak-yi (Kang Yoon-min-ji), a garland daughter, are buried in the sea, and his wife, Gupo's house (Jeong Kyung-soon), goes crazy. Zizi, who was harassed by Beomsoe (Park Sang-jong), the owner of the inn due to poverty, takes extreme measures to protect her last pride, and the Gupo family takes extreme measures not to raise only her baby son as a fisherman.
The reason why the characters of "Manseon" lose their dignity is because they are persecuted by humans, not the sea. Lim Je-soon (Kim Jae-gun), the owner of the ship, does not lend her a boat at the time of the department's appearance, so she dries the blood of the bear, and Beom-soe more explicitly reaches out to Zizi, who has lost his brother and lover.
Water appears in the most extreme moments in 'Manseon', which is set in the sea. Bumsoe falls into the sea water in the left corner of the stage and is punished by him, and when Gomchi and Gupo, who have suffered all the tragedies, are devastated, thunder and lightning strike and rain pour out. The Myeongdong Art Theater in Jung-gu, Seoul will be open until July 30.
[Reporter Kim Hyungjoo]
