Artistic Director
Director Nam, Yook Hyon (남육현)
Shakespeare Specialist over 30 Years
MA Course, Sogang University, Seoul, S Korea
PhD Course, University of London, UK
Taught at Universities in Seoul
Translator & Artistic Director, ESTC
Directions
1988 Seoul Summer Olympic Arts Festival administrated by the Ministry of Culture & KBS(Korea Broadcasting System) - the performing team of 6 foreign countries,
Nastasya, direction & translation (adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel Idiot)
(all Shakespearean works below)
Two Gentlemen of Verona, Much Ado About Nothing, All's Well That Ends Well, Love's Labour's Lost, King Richard II, King Henry IV, Part 1, King Henry IV, Part 2, King Henry V, King John, Timon of Athens, King Edward III, King Henry VI, Part 1, King Henry VI, Part 2, King Henry VI, Part 3, King Richard III, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, and Othello, and others.
Principal Directing Plans
- Directions for the stage performances of all Shakespeare works (39 plays)
Korean Translations
- Nastasya, The Great God Brown, The Gift of the Gorgon, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear
Publications
– Post War British & American Plays (970 pages, 1989)
- 그리스 로마극의 세계 2 (The World of Greek and Roman Plays, 429 pages, 2001)
- 햄릿 (Hamlet, 318 pages, Publisher Dongin 도서출판동인, 2016.9.13)
Travels for watching overseas performances
- 1990-1 Broadway performances NY
- 1994-5 performances for about 150 days in UK, Ireland, North, East and West Europe, Russia, Turkey, Egypt etc.
- 2011-2 East-West Crossing Motorcycle Travel of Eurasian Continent for about 200 daysㅡSouth Korea-Vladivostok-(Siberia)-Moscow-Lithuania-Latvia-Estonia-Finland -Sweden-Denmark-Germany-Belgium-Britain-Ireland-France-Italy-Andora-Spain-
Portugal-Moroco
Critical writings & The Press
- critical writings in the monthly magazines - Korea Theatre Review, TIS(Theatre in Seoul, Seoul Theatre Review
- KBS Interviews face to face with the director Mr Nam: about 80 minutes for two days ㅡ topics on ESTC project for all Shakespeare performances
- Related mass media interviews or articles ㅡ MBC(Munhwa Broadcasting Company), Yonhap News, Donga Daily Newspaper, Joongang Daily Newspaper, Chosun Daily Newspaper, Segye Daily Newspaper, Sports Chosun Daily Newspaper, Hankook Daily Newspaper, etc.
