Greek tragedy is being used to get Westerners interested in Chinese Opera. The Hebei Bangzi Opera version of Euripides’ Medea has already received a warm welcome and generous praise.

The adaptation features kung fu antics and detailed descriptions of the desperation that Medea felt. The character is reworked in a traditional Chinese ways.

The Hebei Bangzi Opera version of the abandoned wife who murdered her children was written in 1989 and has been staged 100 times in Western theaters.