Shakespearean Adventure

The operatic version of one of the Bard's classics comes to China 25 years after becoming a hit in France, Chen Nan reports.

When Canadian director Robert Carsen presents his production of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream in Beijing this weekend, audiences will have a chance to watch the sexiest adaptation of William Shakespeare's play.

With a giant bed dominating the stage, gigantic pillows as great symbols of dreaming and green bedclothes as a metaphor for the forest, the production was a major hit when it premiered at the 1991 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in France.