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Drama Looking West to Chang'an

Date: Nov 1-5 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 150-380 yuan

Looking West to Chang'an is a five-act satire comedy authored by the Chinese writer Lao She on the basis of "the First Political Fraud Case of the New China" in 1956. The comedy tells an absurd and thought-provoking tale. With mean trickery, leading role Li Wan Cheng forges his personal details and CV to get official posts. People place trust in him with credulity and degrade into cat's paws to help him garner fame and fortune. And some victims even help the deceiver get married. Until a few vigilant comrades become aware of his deception, so the public security organ investigates and cracks down on the criminal case.

(China Daily 10/28/2017 page20)