In The Bag (Bin End Stock)

By Wang Xiaoli
Translated by Ronan O'Donnell

BIN END STOCK

This title is available as bin end stock - the last FOUR copies of this edition can be bought at 50% of the normal price.

The first modern Chinese play to be seen in Britain, in an English version by Ronan O'Donnell first seen at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh.

Translated, the Mandarin phrase 'In the Bag' means 'safe and secure' as well as 'trapped and contained'. Hard-edged but tender, In the Bag explores, through the relationships of two couples, a culture torn between its history and its contemporary reality.

'bittersweet and moving... moves with tender conviction... O'Donnell's admirable English version makes the complex emotional discourse of the text seem simple... sharp and witty observation of the consumer culture... a moving night of entertainment' The List

'A landmark... fascinating' The Times