Fanshen
by David Hare

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Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) British

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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.|2 women, 7 men

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1976
Binding Paperback
Pages 70
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573017032
ISBN-10 0573017034
LCCN 92146860
LCC PR6058.A678 F3 1976
DCC 822/.914

Fanshen is a British play written by David Hare and published by Samuel French in London (1976).

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