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The Taming of the Shrew by TNT Theater Britain

Date: Oct 10 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Nine Theater

Price: 60-380 yuan

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself. The nobleman then has the play performed for Sly's diversion. The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew. Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship, but Petruchio tempers her with various psychological torments - the "taming" - until she becomes a compliant and obedient bride.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Cameri Theatre Cyrano de Bergerac 2015 NCPA International Theater Season

Date: Aug 15 - 7:30 pm

Venue: NCPA

Price: 180-680 yuan

Cyrano, a cadet in the French army, is a man of many talents. In addition to being an outstanding duelist he is also a gifted poet. But nature has "blessed" him with a very large nose which is the reason for his self-doubt that prevents him from expressing his love for the beautiful Roxane. He writes poems and love letters to her under the name of his comrade, the handsome Christian, thus winning her affections. Christian later realizes that it was not his good looks that won Roxane, but Cyrano's beautiful love letters. He urges his comrade to confess his love for her, but before he does so Christian is killed in battle. The grieving Roxane secludes herself in a convent and Cyrano keeps the truth locked in his heart. As Cyrano, too, lies mortally wounded, Roxane tells him she loves him. Born in 1945, the Cameri Theater performs to an audience of 110,000 viewers nationwide and, in recent years, subscriptions have grown to 40,000.

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Peking Opera: Red Cliff

Date: Sept 24-27 - 7:30 pm

Venue: NCPA

Price: 100-500 yuan

The story of Fire Assaults on Multiple Camps, the heroes and stories of that specific historical period ... as the first Peking Opera commissioned by the National Centre for the Performing Arts, the grand epic Peking Opera Red Cliff is titled a 'surprising, tasteful and thought-provoking' work on the stage of Peking Opera. Peking Opera Red Cliff features concise and condensed plot, melodious aria and lingering aftertaste. It consists of 6 classical plots: Raising Troops from Tongque, Debates Eloquently Debating against a Hall of Learned Lords, Setting up Alliance and Deciding the Tactics, Borrowing Arrows on the Boat, Preparing for the Battle and Borrowing the East Wind, and Burning the Red Cliff, making the whole story more 'attractive'. Another highlight of this opera is the exquisite, melodious and meaningful aria full of aftertaste.

Contact: 400-610-3721