Classic Russian war novel to be staged in China

HARBIN, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- A stage play, "The Dawns Here Are Quiet," adapted from Russian writer Boris Vasilyev's war novel of the same title, is scheduled to meet audiences at the Harbin Opera House in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province from Nov. 22 to 23.

The play, which tells anti-war themed, sentimental and humanistic tales of female heroism during World War II, will be performed by actors and actresses with the St. Petersburg Masterskaya Theatre founded in 2010.

They are expected to tour other cities including Shanghai and Xi'an.