In 2012 'The Orphan of Zhao' became the first play of which country to be produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company?
The Orphan of Zhao explained, that genius and reason has a natural superiority over blind force and barbarism. Voltaire praised the Confucian morality of "The Orphan of Zhao", remarking that it was a "valuable monument of antiquity, and gives us more insight into the manners of China than all the histories which ever were, or ever will be written of that vast empire". However, the play was still considered problematic by him as it violated the conventions of the unities of time, action, and place, likening it to some of Shakespeare and Lope de Vega's "monstrous farces" as "nothing but a heap of incredible
The Orphan of Zhao complete translation of "The Orphan of Zhao", which was from the Chinese original into French, including both the dialogue and the songs. The 2010 film "Sacrifice" directed by Chen Kaige is based on the historical Chinese play. In 2012 James Fenton adapted The Orphan of Zhao for the Royal Shakespeare Company production, directed by Gregory Doran in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Fenton wrote four additional songs for the play. The Orphan of Zhao The Orphan of Zhao () is a Chinese play from the Yuan era, attributed to the 13th-century dramatist Ji Junxiang (紀君祥). The play has as its full