Snow in midsummer / Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig.
By: Cowhig, Frances Ya-Chu [author.].
Contributor(s): Chang, Gigi [translator.].
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TextSeries: Methuen modern plays: ; Methuen contemporary dramatists: Publisher: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 90 pages ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781350068063.Subject(s): Justice -- DramaDDC classification: 812.6 COW Summary: Men in this town were born with mouths that can right wrongs with a few words. Why are you too timid to speak? As she is about to be executed for a murder she didn't commit, young widow Dou Yi vows that, if she is innocent, snow will fall in midsummer and a catastrophic drought will strike. Three years later, a businesswoman visits the parched, locust-plagued town to take over an ailing factory. When her young daughter is tormented by an angry ghost, the new factory owner must expose the injustices Dou Yi suffered before the curse destroys every living thing. A contemporary re-imagining by acclaimed playwright Frances-Ya Chu Cowhig of one of the most famous classical Chinese dramas, which breathes new life into this ancient story, haunted by centuries of retelling. -- Provided by publisher.
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"This production of Snow in Midsummer was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, on 23 February 2017"--Page vi.
"RSC, Royal Shakespeare Company"--Front book cover.
Men in this town were born with mouths that can right wrongs with a few words. Why are you too timid to speak? As she is about to be executed for a murder she didn't commit, young widow Dou Yi vows that, if she is innocent, snow will fall in midsummer and a catastrophic drought will strike. Three years later, a businesswoman visits the parched, locust-plagued town to take over an ailing factory. When her young daughter is tormented by an angry ghost, the new factory owner must expose the injustices Dou Yi suffered before the curse destroys every living thing. A contemporary re-imagining by acclaimed playwright Frances-Ya Chu Cowhig of one of the most famous classical Chinese dramas, which breathes new life into this ancient story, haunted by centuries of retelling. -- Provided by publisher.
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