The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan

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T01832655199 (EIF11) Sung in Mandarin with English supertitles. Duration 2hrs 15mins approx.Corporate Sponsor HSBC. Company Shanghai Peking Opera Troupe. Other Feng Gang (script writer). Director Shi Yu-kun. Sound Cheng Lin. Lighting Sun Hao. Lighting Chen Xiaodong. Costume Zhou Zhonggen. Costume Chen Qingyi. Performer Fu Xiru. Performer Guo Ruiyue. Performer Chen Yu. Performer Zhao Huan. Performer Zhu Heji. Performer Geng Lu. Performer Gu Dianju. Performer Liu Tao. Performer Yin Yuzhong. Performer Li Xiaouyang. Performer Wang Dun. Performer Wang Xilong. Performer Hao Jie. Performer Wei Bo. Performer Zhu Zhongyong. Performer Wang Guojian. Performer Qiu Yipin.

19 Aug 11 to 21 Aug 11

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh :: V600 listing details L0351579141

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Opera or Operetta :: The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan is an interpretation of Hamlet unlike any you will ever have experienced. When King Bo dies suddenly, his younger brother Yong Shu usurps his throne. His accomplice is the widowed Queen Jiang Rong whom he has seduced and married. So smitten is the Queen with her new husband that Jiang Rong is even prepared to betray her own son Prince Zi Dan. When Zi Dan learns of this treachery from the ghost of his father, the scene is set for tragedy.

Author	Shakespeare
Author	Zhu Sheng-Hao
Music	Jin Guo-xian