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Script Overview
Script Overview
The Department of Theater Arts at Chinese Culture University presents
Summer Snow, Winter Thunder：The Love-Death Affair on the Tamsui River,
a dark comedy reenacting a real 1950 Taipei murder case.
Through humor, it exposes emotional betrayal, political and media manipulation
— where truth and farce become indistinguishable, spiraling into absurdity.
Characters Design
Characters Design
Male Lead: JHANG,JHENG-FAN
A 27-year-old broadcaster from Beiping, Zhang is eloquent, romantic, and flirtatious.
He falls in love with CHEN, SHU-LING, the daughter of a tea merchant, while secretly having an affair with his colleague Xu Mei.
Entangled in love and money, he orchestrates a lovers’ suicide pact.
After the incident, he collaborates with the authorities to fabricate an image of himself as a devoted lover.
Female Lead 1: CHEN,SHU-LING
A 22-year-old daughter of a tea merchant in Dihua Street, Taipei.
She yearns for Chinese cultural values and falls for JHANG,JHENG-FAN, only to be betrayed.
Manipulated into writing the suicide note, she becomes ensnared in the lovers' suicide case and ultimately meets a tragic end.
In the play, her spirit drifts between memory and the afterlife.
Female Lead 2: SYU,MEI
Xu Mei is a 23-year-old broadcaster from Shenyang who hosts a music program.
She aggressively inserts herself into JHANG and CHEN’s relationship,
even threatening him with a pregnancy in an attempt to drive her rival away.
Time Required
Time Required
96 hour
Design Process
Design Process
Script Discussion
Makeup Design
Hair Design
Software Used
Software Used
Photoshop
Clip Paint
Difficult In Design
Difficult In Design
Historical research and costume design
must strike a balance between authenticity and theatrical aesthetics.
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