Ulysses gains clarity on the stage

Irish writer James Joyce's classic modernist novel Ulysses is often called the world's most difficult-to-read book. But it may be easy for Chinese audiences to understand its essence by watching a play based on it.

Yi Liming, artistic director of Beijing Xinchan Theater, is teaming up with Andy Arnold, creative director of Tron Theater, Scotland, to bring the coproduction featuring Chinese performers to Hangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Nanjing in the spring of 2015.

"I never expected the play would come to China. It's so exciting," says its director Arnold.