Xi Xiaotian from Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater plays the role of Du Liniang. CHINA DAILY

The new production will highlight this episode and also present the fictional encounter between the playwright Tang and Italian missionary Matteo Ricci.

Dream Shadow: Peony Pavilion will feature actors from the Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu province. Wang Peiyu, a renowned Peking Opera singer and director of the Yu Yin Ge theater, will be the executive producer.

Yu Yin Ge is a 300-year-old building from Anhui province. The ancient theater is a wooden structure with elaborate decorations of engraving and sculptures. It was moved to the Dragon Museum of Modern Art in Shanghai.

If you go

7:30 pm, Oct 24, 25, 26. Yu Yin Ge, Building No 8, 709 Jusheng Road, Baoshan district, Shanghai.