''Rhinoceros in Love'' is a Chinese play by Liao Yimei, originally directed by her husband
Meng Jinghui 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.
It is a production of the
National Theatre Company of China
The National Theater of China or National Theater Company of China (), based in Beijing, is China's national theatrical company, founded on December 25, 2001 with the merger of China National Youth Theater () and China National Experimental Theat ...
.
In August 2012, it became the first play in the People's Republic of China (1949- ) to reach 1,000 performances.
References
External links
''Rhinoceros in Love''translated by Mark Talacko
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lpqnn BBC radio broadcast of "Rhinoceros in Love" in English
Chinese plays
1999 plays
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