“Tut Tut,” an English-language children’s play adapted from Mark Twain’s ‘The Prince and the Pauper,” will be staged at the theater of MixC World.

Set in ancient Egypt, “Tut Tut” tells the story of two boys, a prince and a pauper who are identical in appearance. They exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other’s lives as well.

The story is both a critique of social inequality and a criticism of judging others by their appearance. Twain wrote of the book, “My idea is to afford a realizing sense of the exceeding severity of the laws of that day by inflicting some of their penalties upon the King himself and allowing him a chance to see the rest of them applied to others.”

The show, in English with Chinese subtitles, will be played by local children aged between 6 and 13.

Time: 7:30 p.m., June 28, July 19

Tickets: 60-80 yuan

Venue: Theater in MixC World, Nanshan District (南山区万象天地剧场)

Metro: Line 1 to Hi-tech Park Station (高新站), Exit A

(SD News)