Classic Russian play staged in Harbin Grand Theater

A moment of levity among the characters in the stage version of the great Russian classic And Quiet Flows the Don, staged at the Harbin Grand Theater on April 28. The play was adapted from the landmark novel by Mikhail Sholokhov — winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965 – which is regarded as one of the great works of Russian literature. The entire play lasts eight hours and is divided into four chapters. It was the first time the play was performed in China. [Photo/Xinhua]

The Russian classic And Quiet Flows the Don is staged in the Harbin Grand Theater on April 28. [Photo/Xinhua]

A Cossack soldier somberly ponders events, during a performance of the stage version of the Russian classic And Quiet Flows the Don. [Photo/Xinhua]