"I've been an actor for 60 years."The stage of Lee Ho-jae and Song Seung-hwan.

[Anchor]
In the deepening autumn, actors of the royal court stand on the stage of the play.

Actor Lee Ho-jae of Gwanrok met the audience on a stage directed by General Manager Ko Sun-woong, and actor Song Seung-hwan of 60 years played the role of an "actor" for the first time.

Both works tell the story of a war.

This is reporter Lee Kwang-yeon.

[Reporter]
Senior actor Lee Ho-jae, wearing a durumagi, talks about a vast narrative that has spanned 30 years.

The play "Tungso Sound," which is based on the novel of Cho Dae-han, a writer of the Joseon Dynasty.

It unfolds the separation and harm of the two, swept away by a war of war, in the background of China, Japan, and Vietnam.

[Lee Ho-jae / The play] Actor: History repeats itself, just remember that. / Look at Shakespeare's work from more than 400 years ago, the world is spinning anyway.] After 15 years of contemplation, Ko Sun-woong, head of the Seoul Theater, who is acclaimed for directing the modern reinterpretation of the classic

, succeeded in putting it on stage.

[Ko Sun-woong/Play [Tungsori] Directing and adapting: It feels like a road theater, but it was very difficult to decide because it had to be visually persuasive to stage a long story with a limited number of actors with limited resources..]

a 'dresser' who helps the actor change his costume while taking care of the actor's clothes during the performance,
Written by Ronald Harwood, who won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay for his
film pianist, it points out the various aspects of human beings through the dresser Norman and the old actor.

Despite the bombing of the war, he has a great sense of mission to play the 227th King Lear.Behind the scenes of
, actor Song Seung-hwan of 60 years played the role of a 'teacher' who plays a raw role.

[Song Seung-hwan / Play [The Dresser]: I've done more than 100 dramas, movies, and plays, and it's my first time playing an actor.]

{ 배우}Actor while acting, that's the same thing as 'teacher' now. I know each other's struggles well.

The National Jeongdong Theater's first play "The Dresser" in 12 years since "∀"
We are meeting the audience for the third time since the reenactment in 2021.

I'm Lee Kwang Yeon of YTN.

Reporter for shooting
: Lee Hyun-oh

Courtesy of the screen: National Jeongdong Theater