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Reviving the classics

Theater veterans bring glory back to historic stage works in the hope of speaking to the next generations, Chen Nan reports.

By Chen Nan | China Daily | Updated: 2025-04-07 07:24

Feng Yuanzheng, president of the Beijing People's Art Theatre, is the play's artistic director.[Photo provided to China Daily]

The initiative's first production to be staged is Returning Home on a Snowy Night, originally penned in 1942 by Chinese playwright Wu Zuguang (1917-2003). The play was first performed by the theater in the 1950s.

Featuring Feng as its artistic director and Yan Rui as director, the new adaptation of this classic play will premiere on April 25 at the Capital Theatre, home of the Beijing People's Art Theatre.

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