STAGE 4TH SOCIETY presents The Weight of Small Things | 剧本朗读《 十二镑的神情》《传统》
About this Event
Stage 4th Society 舞台朗读系列带着两部全新的短剧再次回归。两部作品共同讲述那些我们被期待去过的人生，以及想象另一种可能所需要的勇气。
J. M. Barrie 创作于 1910 年的《十二英镑》，由 Calandya Zhang 进行本土化改编并执导。故事从一个看似成功而体面的家庭展开，一位曾经为了独立而离开安稳生活的女性意外归来，也打破了原有的平静。此次改编将故事置于新的文化背景之中，同时保留作品关于婚姻、独立与成功定义的核心追问。
George Middleton 创作于 1913 年的《传统》，由 Wen-Chieh Chi (Wnedy) 执导。作品以克制而细腻的方式，让家庭责任、个人理想、世代期待与自由选择之间的矛盾逐渐浮现，也让不同世代不得不重新面对彼此所作出的选择。
两部作品在风格上各有不同，却在精神上彼此呼应。它们邀请我们重新思考：谁在定义成功？传统如何影响我们的决定？而选择属于自己的人生，究竟意味着什么？
Stage 4th Society’s staged-reading series returns with a new pairing of short plays, bringing together two stories about the lives we are expected to lead and the courage it takes to imagine another path.
J. M. Barrie’s The Twelve-Pound Look (1910), localized, adapted, and directed by Calandya Zhang, follows a seemingly successful household unsettled by the unexpected return of a woman who once chose independence over comfort. Reimagined in a new cultural setting, the play retains its central questions about marriage, independence, and the meaning of success.
George Middleton's Tradition (1913), directed by Wendy Chi Wen-Chieh, brings questions of family, duty, ambition, and personal freedom quietly to the surface as one generation confronts the choices of another.
Different in tone but closely connected in spirit, the two plays invite us to consider who defines success, how tradition shapes our decisions, and what it means to choose a life of one’s own.
About Us
Stage 4th Society is a Vancouver-based non-profit theatre organization dedicated to building community through live performance, storytelling, and intercultural exchange. Through staged readings, productions, and creative programs, we create spaces where diverse voices can be shared, celebrated, and brought to life on stage.
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