''Longxugou'' (Chinese: 《龙须沟》 "Dragon Beard Ditch" "Dragon Whisker Creek") is a 1951 Chinese play by Lao She written at the invitation of the Beijing Government for Li Bozhao's

Beijing People's Art Theatre Beijing People's Art Theatre (北京人民艺术剧院/北京人民藝術劇院) is a theatre company that was founded in June 1952 by drama master Cao Yu. Since its founding, the company has produced nearly 300 dramas of different styles, from ...

. The play is named after the Beijing neighbourhood, at the time being presented as a model of socialist reconstruction.Xiaomei Chen ''Acting the Right Part: Political Theater and Popular Drama'' 0824824830 2002 -Page 212 "The awful, absurd nature of Lao She's death is brought home all the more when one remembers that Dragon Beard Ditch was warmly received by tens of thousands of people in 1951 and had "played a significant role in consolidating the newly founded people's government and in illustrating the superiority of the new socialist system."

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