Actors Cho Seong-ha and Shim Eun-kyung will star in the National Theater Company of Korea’s play “Banya Ajae,” which opens in May, the company said on the 19th.
“Banya Ajae” is a Korean adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic play “Uncle Vanya.” Cho will play Park I-bo (Vanya), a man who devoted his life to supporting his late sister’s husband, only to realize his brother-in-law is an incompetent intellectual, leaving him overwhelmed by the sense that his life has been denied.
Shim will play Seo Eun-hee (Sonya), Park’s niece, who is kind and diligent but lives with the pain of a failed unrequited love and insecurity about her appearance.
Lim Kang-hee will play Oh Young-ran (Yelena), and Kim Seung-dae will play the doctor Ahn Hae-il (Astrov). The cast also includes Son Sook (Yang Mal-rye), Nam Myeong-ryeol (Seo Byeong-hu), Ki Ju-bong (Lee Ki-jin) and Jeong Gyeong-sun (Ma Jeom-jeom).
The production runs May 22-31 at the Haeoreum Theater at the National Theater of Korea. Tickets are available through the National Theater Company of Korea, the National Theater of Korea and the NOL Ticket websites.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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