Fanshen

Fanshen, a play by English playwright David Hare [1], adapted in 1975 from William Hinton's 1967 book of the same title. Hare examines a revolution - the Chinese - almost entirely in terms of its words, new and old. While Fanshen contains scattered gunfire, it generally portrays a nation's violent upheaval by showing us how one community searches for the language that's needed to institute a new order.

The original text

Originally produced by Joint Stock Company in London.

Performance history in South Africa

Directed by Rob Amato at the People's Space starring James Andrew, Sandra Ferreira,

Produced by the Troupe Theatre Company in 1980 directed by Henry Goodman starring Fiona Ramsay.

Sources

[2]

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