Set in 1930s Shanghai, in a theatre that doubles as a secret socialist safe house, we meet Jiang Qing – the future wife of Mao Zedong – rehearsing Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.

2. Jiang Qing, China's feared "Madame Mao" Jiang Qing, an actress who became Mao Zedong's fourth wife, was a key figure in ...

The older one is Lan Ping, later known as Jiang Qing, who would become notorious as Madame Mao, the Chairman’s fourth wife and the Stalinist motor of the Cultural Revolution. Qing is a pragmatic ...

Praised by the New York Times as a “fiery musician” whose playing is “vigorous and passionate,” Qing Jiang has emerged as a versatile musician who is equally known as a performer, teacher, and an ...