Intercultural Theater and the Local Context of Reception: Lady Macbeth 2016 and the South Korean Presidential Scandal

• Main Author: Choi, Seokhun
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Geun-hye Park; han; intercultural performance; Lady Macbeth; scandal; Sewol; South Korea; Soon-sil Choi; Tae-sook Han
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss33/5; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1797/viewcontent/KK_2033_2C_202019_2C_20_26_2034_2C_202020_205_20Regular_20Section_20__20Choi.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This essay investigates the relationship between intercultural performance and the socio- political context of reception by drawing parallels between Tae-sook Han’s 2016 changguk adaptation of her own Lady Macbeth and the recent presidential scandal of South Korea. The discourse of intercultural per...