Rhinoceros in Love

Rhinoceros in Love
poster for a 2014 production
Written byLiao Yimei
Characters
  • Ma Lu
  • Ming Ming
  • Heizi
  • Daxian
  • Toothbrush
  • Hong Kong
  • Lily
Date premieredJune 7, 1999 (1999-06-07)
Place premieredChina National Youth Theatre, Beijing
Original languageChinese (Mandarin)

Rhinoceros in Love is a Chinese play by Liao Yimei [zh], originally directed by her husband Meng Jinghui [zh] in 1999, and subsequently performed more than 2,500 times and seen by more than a million people. The play was translated to English by Mark Talacko in 2012. A new English translation by Claire Conceison was commissioned by the BBC in 2014 for a radio play broadcast and was used for the surtitles for the play's US tours in 2017 and 2018.

The play describes the love of a rhinoceros feeder for a beautiful woman. It has been described as a 'classic drama' of modern Chinese theatre.[1][2][3][4]

It is a production of the National Theatre Company of China.

In August 2012, it became the first play in the People's Republic of China (1949- ) to reach 1,000 performances.[5]

References

  1. ^ "'Rhinoceros in Love' is about belief: Director". Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  2. ^ "China Plus". Archived from the original on July 8, 2012.
  3. ^ "Rise of Experimental Drama: Rhinoceros in Love". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  4. ^ "Life of Guangzhou - Drama "Rhinoceros in Love"". www.lifeofguangzhou.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-27.
  5. ^ ""Rhinoceros in Love" becomes China's first play to make 1,000 performances - People's Daily Online".


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