Performance Review: Snow in Midsummer, by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig. Based on the Classical Chinese Drama The Injustice to Dou E That Moved Heaven and Earth by Guan Hanqing. U. S. Premiere at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland Oregon, August 2-October 27, 2018.

Abstract

Snow in Midsummer (hereafter “Snow”), a very free adaptation of the Yuan drama Injustice to Dou E (Dou E yuan, hereafter “Injustice”) in two acts, is the first fruit of a project initiated in 2015 ...