I frequently rely on my reliable engine to suggest something new that is in line with my taste, just like the typical Singaporean who is time-hungry. As non-English speech TV shows and movies go, Mongolia’s works have always featured on my ever-growing record of must-sees.  ,
So I was anxious as I waited for The Mongol Khan’s night performance at the Mongolian State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in August. I am certainly the furthest point from a theater techie, with tastes that range from TV and movies to plays and musicals. Not only would the present be performed in Mongolian that day.  ,
To be clear, The Mongol Khan is , not , about famous find Genghis Khan, whose wars have gained him a questionable standing in the West despite being revered in Mongolia.  , The play is instead set in the royal court of the ancient Hunnu ( Xiongnu ) Empire.
But it has all the ingredients of a binge-worthy present play: Adultery, swapped identities, adjustment, jealousy, deceit, punishment, and of course, a fight with the female personality.
A gentleman and a woman whose husband is in charge of the area have an affair. The clandestine lovers have a child, whom the woman’s husband rightfully suspects is n’t his. And so, rather than risk passing on his legacy to his wife’s illegitimate child, the husband chooses another woman’s child ( who also has zero genetic relation to him, thinking you ) as his successor.
The wife’s lover wo n’t stand for it, wanting his biological son to remain in the running, so he swaps the two babies. Chaos ensues.
And that’s just the non-spoiler overview.