Empress Wu Zetian, A Play in Three Acts

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  • Empress
  • Wu's
  • fascinating
  • true
  • story
  • comes
  • alive
  • in
  • this
  • stage
  • version
  • based
  • on
  • the
  • narrative
  • biography
  • "Empress
  • Wu
  • Zetian."Born
  • Wu
  • Zhao
  • and
  • given
  • the
  • reign
  • title
  • "Zetian"
  • just
  • weeks
  • before
  • her
  • death
  • in
  • 705
  • CE,
  • Empress
  • Wu
  • was
  • the
  • unwanted
  • daughter
  • of
  • Chancellor
  • Wu
  • Shihuo
  • --
  • too
  • bright,
  • too
  • educated,
  • and
  • too
  • politically
  • focused
  • to
  • make
  • a
  • good
  • wife
  • according
  • to
  • contemporary
  • interpretations
  • of
  • the
  • Analects
  • of
  • Confucius.Married
  • off
  • at
  • age
  • 14
  • as
  • a
  • low-ranking
  • concubine
  • to
  • Emperor
  • Taizong,
  • Wu’s
  • intelligence,
  • beauty,
  • and
  • charm
  • won
  • her
  • a
  • place
  • as
  • his
  • secretary
  • and
  • protégé,
  • political
  • experience
  • that
  • would
  • empower
  • her
  • to
  • transform
  • the
  • lives
  • of
  • countless
  • billions.Discover
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • most
  • influential
  • women
  • in
  • all
  • of
  • world
  • history
  • with
  • this
  • beautiful
  • stage
  • drama
  • certain
  • to
  • delight
  • audiences
  • of
  • all ages.
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