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‘The Shawshank Redemption’ Stage Adaptation Opens in Shenzhen, China
The stage adaptation of Stephen King's ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ will run in Shenzhen, China, before heading to Shanghai and Beijing.
But, following the real-world escape from house arrest by blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng and the U.S.-China diplomatic incident that followed, online searches for “Shawshank” were blocked on the Chinese internet and social media in 2012. Beijing-born, U.S. actor Andy Friend (aka An Di), whose credits include Chinese blockbusters “The Wandering Earth” and “The Battle at Lake Changjin,” plays the corrupt warden Greg Stammas. Two other villainous antagonists Rooster and Hadley are portrayed by Shawn Patrick Moore and Matt William Knowles(“Asura,” “Son of the South”), respectively, while Australia’s James Clarke plays the hero Andy.
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