资料：青年艺术周-新编莎翁名剧《威尼斯商人》

　　名 称：新编莎翁名剧《威尼斯商人》

　　类 型：话剧

　　举办时间：2008年7月12日—13日 19:30

　　举办地点：北京国家大剧院戏剧厅

　　参演单位：英国国立青年剧团

　　简介：

　　为展现青年人艺术表演天赋，中国国际青年艺术周特别邀请英国国立青年剧团赴华演出。英国国家青年剧团成立于1956年，是当代青年文化的开拓实践者，吸引了成千上万追随者。50多年来，英国国家青年剧院实践着“让更多青年亲身体验艺术”的理念下，吸引了近15万年轻人直接参与到艺术创作中去。如今，英国国家青年剧团每年吸引着数以千计的年轻人，在舞台上尽情挥洒自己的才华。

　　本次来华英国国家青年剧团除献演莎翁名著《威尼斯商人》外，还将与中国青年演员进行100字句中英文交流演出。

　　Drama: "The Merchant of Venice"

　　Type: Drama

　　Time: 19:30 July 12-13

　　Venue: Theater Hall of National Center for Performing Arts (Beijing)

　　Performance group: National Youth Theatre

　　Brief introduction:

　　The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain is delighted to be touring to Beijing and taking part in the International Youth Arts Festival as part of the Cultural Olympiad for the Beijing Games. The National Youth Theatre is Britain’s leading youth arts organization and is the first official youth theatre in the world with many successful productions in London and also abroad having toured to Moscow, New York, Paris, Barcelona but this is the company’s first tour to China! Therefore, in the true international spirit of harmony and cultural exchange the National Youth Theatre is very excited to be staging its critically acclaimed production of William Shakespeare’s the Merchant of Venice at the most prestigious of venues The National Centre of Performing Arts. This dynamic production will feature the very best of Britain’s young actors, musicians and singers who will also be joining forces with ten very talented Chinese performers to create two special and unique performances which will prove to be one of the cultural highlights of the festival.