Watching "The Shawshank Redemption" on stage in China
Why wasn’t this banned? | China
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Why wasn’t this banned? | China
A cast of Mandarin-speaking Western actors will perform a Chinese stage adaptation of Hollywood movie The Shawshank Redemption. Actors and the director tell Erika Na about the production’s challenges.
Featuring performers from foreign countries such as Canada, the US and Russia, the Chinese adaption of the widely celebrated cultural IP - The Shawshank Redemption is in sprinted rehearsals in Beijing and is planned to debut in January 2024 in Beijing and Shanghai.
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