Jane Eyre opens in Beijing

As we have informed previously, today is the opening of a new Chinese adaptation of Jane Eyre at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing:

简爱 - Jane Eyre (including a promotional video)
(in English)
National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院)
Beijing, China

As one of the hottest classic novels in the world performance circles, Jane Eyre has been re-produced in films or TV Plays, or even adapted into a music drama, from the stages in West End to the theaters on Broadway in New York.
In 2009 an original drama Jane Eyre jointly produced by National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and National Theatre Company of China, which is adapted by the translation from an English love novel Jane Eyre, praised as "a novel gaining the largest number of readers in the world". This drama is directed by famous director Mr.Wang Xiaoying, and performed by Ms.Yuan Quan and Mr.Wang Luoyong. It has Jane Eyre's life and love reappeared.

Director: Wang Xiaoying (王晓鹰)
Playwright: Yu Rongjun (喻荣军)

Lead Cast
Yuan Quan (袁泉) ... Jane Eyre
Wang Luoyong (王洛勇) ... Mr Rochester

Dates: June 19 – 28, 2009　19:30

Press Conference, here. More promotional videos.

EDIT:
And a student production of the Jane Kendall's adaptation of Jane Eyre opens in Merryville, LA:

June 19, 2009~June 22, 2009
Merryville H.S. Drama Club
7061 Hwy 110 W
Merryville , LA , 70653 , US

Categories: Jane Eyre, Theatre