A classic Shakespearean play with a Tibetan twist

By ZHANG KUN in Shanghai | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-05-12 10:53
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A new production of Hamlet, which features 22 students from a Tibetan class at the Shanghai Theater Academy, takes to the stage of Shangxi Theater in Shanghai. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/chinadaily.com.cn]

The most famous line in Hamlet, "To be or not to be, that's the question," was uttered in the Tibetan language for the first time in Shanghai on May 7.

Staged at Shangxi Theater, the new production of Hamlet, which features 22 students from a Tibetan class at the Shanghai Theater Academy, was directed by Pu Cunxin, chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association and a famous actor.

The production is being performed in two languages. The mandarin edition will be staged on the evenings of May 7 to 11 and 13, while the Tibetan version will take place on May 8 and 9, and the evenings on May 12 and 14.

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