Is There a Right Way to Make Chinese Opera?
With countless adaptations, The Peony Pavilion is China’s answer to Swan Lake. But recent attempts...
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All Wuzhen’s A Stage, But It’s Not Yet A Big Player
After a divisive Wuzhen Theatre Festival, the Chinese theater must reassess its priorities. The...
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Reinterpreting The Tradition: A Contemporary Retelling Of Tang Xianzu’s “The Handan Dream” By The Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre
Conceived in 2016 in Guangzhou and previously performed in Beijing and St. Petersburg, the...
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Why All The World’s A Stage For A Classic Chinese Opera
In August, the stage play, The Dreamer was performed for enthusiastic audiences at the Pleasance...
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A New Version of Christopher Marlowe’s “Tamburlaine” by Yellow Earth Opens in London
Global Shakespeare has been a phenomenon of adaptation, translation, cultural appropriation and...
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From China With Love: Tang Xianzu was the Shakespeare of the Orient
In his 400th anniversary year, Shakespeare is still rightly celebrated as a great wordsmith and...
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