Synopsis

Fanshen

Fanshen $12.99

David Hare

Published by Samuel French Ltd

7 Male 2 Female

In vividly dramatic form, this play tells how a remote Chinese village comes to terms with Communism

Every revolution creates new words

The Chinese revolution created a whole new vocabulary in which a very important word is "fanshen" which literally means "to turn the body" or "to turn over"

To hundreds of millions of landless and poor peasants it means to stand up, throw off the landlords' yoke, and gain land, stock, and houses

Moreover it means to enter a new world and this play is the story of how the peasants of Long Bow build a new world

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