REIMAGINING A CLASSIC

A contemporary take on iconic playwright Lao She's Teahouse meets with mixed reviews, Chen Nan reports.

Classic theater productions' adaptations are inevitably compared with the originals - for better or for worse. This perhaps explains the mixed reviews of contemporary director Meng Jinghui's take on Teahouse, based on the original by novelist and playwright Lao She (1899-1966) - a household name in China.

Some say it's difficult to understand since the script departs so much from the original.