Fanshen
Fanshen is 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.
Originally produced by Joint Stock Company in London.
Contents
The original text
Published by Faber & Faber, 1976.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Directed by Rob Amato at the People's Space starring James Andrews, Sandra Ferreira,
Produced by the Troupe Theatre Company in 1980 directed by Henry Goodman starring Fiona Ramsay, Richard Grant.
Sources
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