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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Orphan of Zhao at the RSC: a very modern massacre by James Fenton

The Orphan of Zhao – the story of a boy who is adopted by the killer of his clan – is one of China's oldest plays. Its adaptor for the RSC explains allI was telling a friend the story of…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:45PM

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