Fanshen
Fanshen Author: David Hare
First Performance: 1975, Sheffield
Published: 1976
Genre: Pol. drama in 2 acts
Setting: Village of Long Bow, China, 1945–9
Cast: 7m, 2f, performing numerous roles
In a Chinese village after the defeat of the Kuomintang, the peasants undertake the arduous process of
fanshen, a total restructuring of their society. The first task is to hold a public meeting, the first for 20 years, and overcome their timidity in order to denounce former collaborators with the Japanese, resulting in their execution. A visiting Communist Party Secretary Liu establishes a Peasants' Association, which has the difficult task of overseeing the redistribution of the landlords' property and of assessing the needs of the community. Decisions are reversed, open criticism is invited, a bandit is...
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