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American Classic Gets a Chinese Makeover
When Ephraim Cabot brings his young bride Abbie to their remote New England farm, little does he see the turmoil that her arrival will bring his family. Ephraim's youngest son at first loathes the newcomer, but when hatred gives way to lust, the resulting conflict threatens to rock the peaceful
farm.
Eugene O'Neill's "Desire under the Elms"
Eugene O'Neill's "Desire under the Elms" may be familiar to many theatergoers but how would it be if performed in China's Chuanju Opera In 1989, the playwright Xu Fen tried to adapt it into a Chuanju Opera play entitled “Wild Desire” (Yuhai Kuangchao) and the Chengdu Chuanju Opera Company
premiered it that May.
As part of the ongoing Chuanju Opera Week, presented by the Chengdu Chuanju Opera Company, the play will run at the Memorial Hall of Peking University on Saturday.
Chuanju Opera "Wild Desire" is adapted from Eugene O'Neill's "Desire under the Elms"
Because of the sparseness of its style and its avoidance of melodrama, "Desire under the Elms" was acclaimed immediately as a powerful tragedy and has continued to rank among the great American plays of the 20th century.
"Desire is definitely not an easy work to carry off but we try deliver the original spirit and power of the drama as well as appeal to Chuanju fans," says the playwright Xu.
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