● About the Performance

Hangyeongjiryak, a late-Joseon geographical treatise on Hanseong, contains records of Queen Jeongsun (Lady Song), consort of the tragic King Danjong.
It tells how Queen Jeongsun refused the riches offered by King Sejo, opting instead to make an honest living through fabric dyeing.
“Two Hearts, One Longing” is a contemporary Pansori production combining historical records with creative imagination.

● Synopsis

In the third year of King Sejo's reign, following the Gyeyujeongnan (military coup in 1453) and King Danjong's tragic execution in exile.
Chief Scholar Seo Geo-jeong visits Gaesimsim, Joseon's legendary Pansori performer.
Seo commands Gaesimsim to teach singing to Sam-wol, King Danjong's former royal attendant, offering 3,000 nyang* for success and death for failure.
* Nyang is the standard currency unit of the Joseon Dynasty. 3,000 nyang represented an enormous, life-changing sum of money.
Thus begins an unlikely companionship between the former royal court lady and the street performer, bound by music.
Sam-wol, who initially could barely speak, finds her voice through Gaesimsim. Her songs save their lives before King Sejo and later King Yeonsangun, culminating in a final, heartbreaking melody dedicated to King Danjong.
Who was Sam-wol, the former court lady turned legendary singer, and what secret did she carry?