Shanghai Bans 'Vagina Monologues'# Xiqu - 粉墨春秋，梨园夜话（戏曲）
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BEIJING (AP) -- Shanghai has abruptly banned the U.S. play "Vagina
Monologues," said the theater that had planned a one-month run beginning
Tuesday, adding that conditions in China are "not ripe" for the taboo-breaking
drama.
While the play has been performed in English in China, the Shanghai Drama Arts
Theater was to stage a Chinese-language version in the country for the first
time. Tickets, which sold for 100 yuan (US$12), will be refunded, said a
theater employee reached by telephone Sunday.
Monologues," said the theater that had planned a one-month run beginning
Tuesday, adding that conditions in China are "not ripe" for the taboo-breaking
drama.
While the play has been performed in English in China, the Shanghai Drama Arts
Theater was to stage a Chinese-language version in the country for the first
time. Tickets, which sold for 100 yuan (US$12), will be refunded, said a
theater employee reached by telephone Sunday.