The National Theater of Korea will offer the traditional opera, or chaggeuk, version of the famous novel Seopyeonje. Its story tells of a family of traditional Korean pansori singers. The boy believes the stepfather caused his mother’s death and runs away, leaving father and daughter to travel and perform alone. Believing her art can become elevated to the highest standard where the father blinds the child. Thereafter, she becomes a legendary performer. Years later the half-brother arrives in a village and finds his sister in a tavern. Adapted into a film production. Seopyeonje became the first Korean movie to break the 1 million attendance barrier in 1993.