Merchant visits Shanghai's Great Theatre
The upcoming Chinese production of The Merchant of Venice has brought together a star-studded cast and a Laurence Olivier Award winning theater director from Britain.
The play directed by David Thacker, featuring actors Jin Shijia, Yu Ailei and Ayanga, will premiere on Oct 4 at the Great Theatre of China in Shanghai.
The show will play to a packed house from Oct 4-7, after tickets to all four performances sold out within minutes when the box office opened on Aug 30. "I was trying to buy some tickets myself, but all of them were gone even before the webpage was loaded," says a staff member at the Great Theatre of China who asked to remain anonymous. In order to meet the strong demand, the theater management was even considering selling some seats with partially obstructed views of the stage, she says.
