Wild Swans

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Friday, 13 April 2012 - Saturday, 12 May 2012

The Young Vic, 66 The Cut, Southbank, SE1 8LZ

Theatre: , Fringe, Melodrama

How Much: £29.50 (Highest Price) , £10.00 (Lowest Price)
Wild Swans by Jung Chang is the best-selling non-fiction book in British publishing history.

In April, The Young Vic will produce a stage adaptation of the book that follows three generations of Jung Chang's family under communist rule until Mao's death.
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