The National Theater Company of Korea (NTCK,) is a South Korean theatre company founded in 1950 as an affiliate of the National Theater of Korea.[1] In 2010, in its 60th anniversary year, NTCK separated from the National Theater of Korea and began to operate independently with two studio theater spaces in Seogye-dong, Seoul. NTCK resumed the use of Myeongdong Theater in 2015 which was its previous home venue for performances from 1957 to 1975.[2]
Since 1986, the ‘World Classic Stage’ has planned to introduce a series of classics and has performed 20 plays including Uncle Vanya, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, The Robbers, Hamlet and the Terrorist.[3]
In 2004, the NTCK launched the ‘Restoration of the Representative Repertoires & Re-creation Series’ project and has performed Thunderstorm, Attachment of Life, Wildfire, Spray, Merchant of Venice, Celebration at the Maeng Jin Sa.