What's on in Beijing (Sept 2-8)

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And Give Us the Shadows (Swedish)

In 1941, US author and Nobel Prize laureate Eugene O'Neill wrote an autobiographical piece, Long Day's Journey into Night. The title says it all. All readers are witness to a day in the life of the Tyrone family. Father, mother and two sons are struggling with their addictions (alcohol and drugs), demons from the past and with each other.

The world premiere was presented by Dramaten, the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theater – the company that now plays Lars Norén's version of the story: Och ge oss skuggorna (And Give Us the Shadows). The play is a merciless portrait of a literary genius who – burdened by addictions, depressions, tuberculosis and a difficult childhood - terrorizes his family.

It will be played in Swedish, with Chinese subtitles.

Learn more here.

If you go:

7:30 pm, Sept 7-9. Theater, National Center for the Performing Arts, 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district. 010 -6655-0000.

Ticket: 100-500 yuan