Overview: English translation of seven Sinophone adaptations of “Hamlet”, “Macbeth”, and “King Lear”.Plays produced between 1987 and 2007 in post-socialist China, post-martial law Taiwan, and Hong Kong.PerformaShakespeare’s tragedies have been performed in the Sinophone world for over two centuries. .Hamlet, Macbeth, .and .King Lear. are three of the most frequently adapted plays. They have been re-imagined as political theatre, comedic parody, Chinese opera, avant-garde theatre, and experimental theatre in Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. This ground-breaking anthology features the first English
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