Full name: The White Snake: A Play

Author: Mary Zimmerman Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Play Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780810129276

In her latest theatrical production inspired by a classic story, Mary Zimmerman reimagines The White Snake, an ancient Chinese legend in which a snake spirit transforms herself into a beautiful woman in order to experience the human world. Adventuring down her mountainside with her companion, Green Snake, White Snake meets and falls in love with the humble, virtuous Xu Xian and convinces him to marry her. Together, the three friends open a pharmacy, but soon the remarkable healing powers of White Snake draw the attention of a treacherous monk, Fa Hai. Outraged at the union between a mortal and a snake spirit, Fa Hai takes it upon himself to destroy it. Zimmerman brings to this timeless romance her usual brilliant mix of ingenious stagecraft, song, abundant humor, and compassion. Similar books: Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman The Secret in the Wings by Mary Zimmerman The Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde The Klingon Hamlet by Lawrence Schoen Macbeth by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Othello by William Shakespeare King Lear by William Shakespeare Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare The Tempest by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett The Odyssey by Derek Walcott The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee