Last September 6, CBNU students, majoring in English Literature, attended the “2009 Shakespeare Festival” which was held by The National Theater of Korea and The Shakespeare Association of Korea. The CBNU students team won a prize. Each university students’ team performed a play such as “Romeo and Juliet” or “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” CBNU students played “Macbeth,” one of the Four Major Tragedies, edited partly by students.
Since 1983, the festival has been held annually for 25 years as the festival for Shakespeare attended by national university’ students majoring in English Literature. In this festival, 10 universities, including Chungbuk University, Sungkyunkwan University, Dongduk Women’s University and others, selected one of the Shakespeare plays and performed. Students made the play their own effort from planning to direction to make-up.
After the play, Jung A-young, (Dept. of English Language and Literature, 2) a member of the make-up team, said, “My heart was full when I saw them acting on the stage. I was proud of them because they acted much better than before.” Also, Jung Hyeong-jin (Dept. of English Language and Literature, 3) who attended to help younger men as a staff member, said, “We will attend this festival actively, and I hope to make the festival our tradition.”
As soon as they finished the performance, they encouraged each other, which showed the warm friendship and familiarity accumulated during summer vacation. Also, their passion showed that they have a possibility to develop and raise the reputation of the university.