Zhen Huan is one of the most popular TV series over the last two years. Shanghai Yueju Opera Theatre followed that up by adapting it for the stage. Its yueju version is split into two parts. The dividing point is at Zhen Huan’s giving birth a baby with a suspicious origin: Whether was it the emperor’s or not? The baby had to be tested with its blood to verify the identity. The first half is about Zhen Huan’s emotional entanglement with the emperor and Prince Qing He. And the second half is mainly about how Zhen Huan poisoned Prince Qing He and the death of the emperor. This drama will reduce the court fight elements of the original work, emphasize the emotional entanglement and focus on the love between men and women and affections of sisters as well. Shanghai Yueju Opera Theatre melts modern popular subjects from traditional operas, hot online novels, films and television plays in a pot to make a new and beneficial attempt to explore the modernization of traditional dramas.

Time: Oct 21-23

Venue: Yifu Theatre