The Creation Of "The Maid" Under The Influence Of Gender Performance

According to the original intention of Jean Genet,the original playwright,he created "The Maids" with the request of men to shape female characters.We regarded Judith Butler's theory of gender performance as our theoretical support,in this process,we selected the elements and methods of gender performance in Chinese traditional XiQu are used for reference at the same time.We rebuild the prescriptive situation,then we replay the performance with the use of shaping the characters and narrating the story in a cross-gender identity way.On the one hand,the actors' performances are more free and flexible,and the actors themselves get more real feelings,give birth to more active actions,and open up a richer space for imagination;On the other hand,it also subverts people's original cognition of gender,aiming to reveal the symbol of gender and reveal the essence of human nature,that is,to see the desire and essence of the human heart before the appearance of gender.