THEATER REVIEW: 'THE ORPHAN OF ZHAO'# Xiqu - 粉墨春秋，梨园夜话（戏曲）
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THEATER REVIEW | 'THE ORPHAN OF ZHAO'
Treachery and Revenge in Ancient China
By MARGO JEFFERSON
daptation is a tricky process, whether in theater or biology. A play is a kind
of organism and all of its elements must adjust to a new environment. When the
American playwright David Greenspan adapts a 13th-century Chinese drama he
must adjust a language, a performance style and an ancient culture to modern
American audiences.
Ji Juan-Xiang's "Orphan of Zhao" has gone through plenty of
THEATER REVIEW | 'THE ORPHAN OF ZHAO'
Treachery and Revenge in Ancient China
By MARGO JEFFERSON
daptation is a tricky process, whether in theater or biology. A play is a kind
of organism and all of its elements must adjust to a new environment. When the
American playwright David Greenspan adapts a 13th-century Chinese drama he
must adjust a language, a performance style and an ancient culture to modern
American audiences.
Ji Juan-Xiang's "Orphan of Zhao" has gone through plenty of
