''Sunrise'' () is a 1936 Chinese-language play by

Cao Yu Cao Yu (, September 24, 1910 — December 13, 1996) was a Chinese playwright, often regarded as one of China's most important of the 20th century. His best-known works are ''Thunderstorm'' (1933), ''Sunrise'' (1936) and ''Peking Man'' (1940). ...

.The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama - Volume 1 - Page 223 0231144229 Gabrielle H. Cody, Evert Sprinchorn - 2007 "Two years later, another play, Sunrise (Richu), came out that, together with Thunderstorm, has made him the most prominent playwright in modern ... Cao Yu's daughter

Wan Fang Wan Fang (, born 1952 in Beijing) is a Chinese playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. She was awarded the Lao She Literary Award in 2014. Her father was Cao Yu (playwright), Cao Yu (1910—1996), one of China's best-known playwrights. Works *'' ...

adapted the play into a libretto for the opera '' Sunrise'' by

Jin Xiang Jin Xiang (20 April 1935 – 23 December 2015) was a Chinese composer and conductor. He studied composition at the China Central Conservatory from 1954. In 1959 he received his Bachelor of Arts in Composition.

in 2015.

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1936 plays Chinese-language plays Chinese Republican era plays Plays by Cao Yu Chinese plays adapted into films Plays adapted into operas {{1930s-play-stub