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《朱文走鬼》2006年於國家劇院實驗劇場首演，並於2007年獲得第五屆台新藝術獎表演藝術獎首獎肯定。此劇結合傳統梨園戲文本與科步，加入舞踏人物與風格，導演友惠靜嶺將舞踏的定寂與空茫，藉由空間穿梭與表演映照，將梨園戲的人鬼戀戲文添入陰陽回望與虛實觀照，劇中人彷彿被映現於多層篋時空，其情愫被織入現代性的身體與空間感，因此與當代產生連結。此作成功地讓南管表演體系與舞踏身體美學產生相離相合對照，從而確認身體與空間的密切關係，美感知覺彼此相通。台新獲獎理由認為：在《朱文走鬼》這個作品中，江之翠劇團邀請了日本「友惠靜嶺與白桃房」合作，很純熟地、極簡地將傳統的南管音樂、梨園戲文本，與日本能劇、舞踏的美學融合在一起，產生了很純粹的藝術新作。這個作品代表了江之翠劇團十幾年來默默耕耘、實驗創新的一個重要成果，同時，讓我們看見跨文化合作以及從傳統創新的藝術發展路線的可行性，值得高度的肯定。

相隔十四年，隨著江之翠劇場演員的成熟，我們希望透過重演（製）計畫，再次提煉劇團成立以來不斷探索的表演體系與美學，希望讓國人重新體認傳統表演體系具有的當代生命力，以及連結不同文化體系的跨文化能力。除了復原舊作，也藉此作為江之翠重新整合再發展的啟點，希望未來繼續實驗與創作，建立梨園戲在臺灣的戲曲美學與價值。

《朱文走鬼》《朱文太平錢》（慣稱為《朱文走鬼》）是梨園戲「上路」流派的傳統劇目，此一劇見於明徐渭《南詞敘錄宋元舊篇》。其劇情大致是：北宋年間，落第秀才朱文，投親不遇，寄寓於東京王行首客棧。王行首養女一粒金，因不願為娼，被父母凌辱致死。其鬼魂見朱文為人忠厚，便於夜間以起火點燈為由，潛入朱文房中加以挑逗，致朱文動情，結成連理，並以繡篋為定情信物，贈與朱文。朱文不慎丟落繡箧及箧中十二文太平錢，被王行首夫婦發現，認出此乃一粒金遺物，遂將朱文當做盜墓之賊。朱文無奈，說出隱情。王行首夫婦驚惶不已，與朱文一起在一粒金遺像前辨認真容，朱文始知一粒金身分，落荒而逃。但一粒金不忍割斷情絲，窮追不捨。並巧以言詞，使朱文相信她非鬼乃人。一對人鬼情侶，終於一起遠走高飛。

Zhu Wen Elopes with the Ghost premiered in 2006 at the National Theater’s Experimental Theater, and received the Taishin Arts Award in 2007. This performance combines the stylized movements from traditional Liyuan Opera with the atmosphere of Japanese Butoh. Director Tomoe Shizune uses the silence and vast stillness of butoh as the setting of a Liyuan Opera tale of love between human and ghost, imagining the relationship as between solid and empty, real and unreal. This piece successfully merges and contrasts the performance style of Nanguan music with the physical aesthetics of butoh, and affirms the close relationship between body and space. The Taishin Award committee praised the work’s masterful, minimalist fusion of traditional Nanguan music, Liyuan Opera texts, and Japanese Noh and Butoh aesthetics. The result is a radically innovative work of theater, representing over ten years of cultivation and experimentation from Gang-a Tsui Theater.

Fourteen years since the original performance, Gang-a Tsui Theater hopes this re-staging will serve to showcase the vitality of traditional performance art, and take the role of intercultural communication. This performance marks the beginning of a new chapter for the theater company, whose members will continue developing and innovating in Liyuan Opera performances for years to come.

Zhu Wen Elopes with the Ghost is a traditional play in the Shanglu genre of Liyuan Opera. It takes place during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127 AD) and tells the story of a prospective government official named Zhu Wen, and the ghost of a young woman named Yilijin. Yilijin falls in love with Zhu Wen and begins to court him. However, when he realizes that she’s a ghost, Zhu Wen flees in a panic. Yilijin, stricken by the passion of true love, pursues Zhu Wen with all of her being and finally the two elope.