A drama adapted from Border Town, a modern Chinese literary masterpiece, by Israeli director Ruth Connell was staged at the Drum Tower West Theater in Beijing on November 19. Border Town is a novel by renowned author Shen Congwen (1902-88). First published in 1934 and set in a rural area of Hunan Province, on the border with Chongqing Municipality, it tells the moving story of a girl raised by her grandfather, who operates a river ferry.
The Drum Tower West Theater is located in the vicinity of the Drum and Bell Towers in central Beijing, which were used in ancient times to mark the hours of the day. The theater often invites playwrights and artists from other countries to perform for Chinese drama lovers.
(Text and photos by Wei Yao)
