Snow in Midsummer
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Snow in Midsummer

  1. 114 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Snow in Midsummer

About this book

Men in this town were born with mouths that can right wrongs with a few words. Why are you too timid to speak?

As she is about to be executed for a murder she didn't commit, young widow Dou Yi vows that, if she is innocent, snow will fall in midsummer and a catastrophic drought will strike.

Three years later, a businesswoman visits the parched, locust-plagued town to take over an ailing factory. When her young daughter is tormented by an angry ghost, the new factory owner must expose the injustices Dou Yi suffered before the curse destroys every living thing.

A contemporary re-imagining by acclaimed playwright Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig of one of the most famous classical Chinese dramas, which breathes new life into this ancient story, haunted by centuries of retelling.

The world premiere of Snow in Midsummer on 23 February 2017 at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, launched the RSC's Chinese Translations Project, a cultural exchange bringing Chinese classics to a contemporary Western audience. This edition has been republished for the American premiere at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in June 2018 and includes a brand new afterword by Joshua Chambers-Letson.

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Information

Publisher
Methuen Drama
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781350068063
eBook ISBN
9781350068070
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Drama
Snow 
in 
Midsummer
2
When 
the 
Heart 
is 
weak, 
one 
dreams 
of 
fire; 
if 
the 
dream 
takes 
place 
in 
summertime, 
one
dreams 
of 
volcanic 
eruptions. 
Simple 
Questions: 
The 
Yellow 
Emperor’s 
Inner 
Classic, 
Part 
One
When 
the 
Heart 
is 
in 
excess, 
one 
dreams 
of
laughing. 
When 
the 
Heart 
is 
deficient, 
one
dreams 
of 
mountains, 
fire, 
smoke.
The 
Spiritual 
Axis:
The 
Yellow 
Emperor's 
Inner 
Classic, 
Part 
Two
4

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Foreword
  5. Snow in Midsummer
  6. Afterword
  7. Drama Online
  8. Bloomsbury Methuen Drama Modern Plays
  9. Bloomsbury Methuen Drama Contemporary Dramatists

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