Bard's works get Chinese makeover

Two plays released as part of a project to translate 24 Shakespearean classics

New Mandarin-language versions of the classic plays Hamlet and Henry V have been published as part of an expansive project to bring improved translations of English playwright William Shakespeare's greatest works to Chinese audiences.

The two new texts are the first to be released as part of the Shakespeare Folio Translation Project. First announced in 2016, the initiative aims to produce 24 new translations of Shakespeare's plays through a process that includes performance-based workshops.