Bosom Friend at Shanghai Grand Theatre - Lyric Theatre

Playwright: Guo Qihong
Director: Ren Ming
Principle Cast: Feng Yuanzheng

Introduction:

In early Qing Dynasty, scholar Wu Zhaoqian was condemned to exile in the northeast for cheating in the imperial examination. To save his bosom friend, Gu Zhenguan, another talented scholar, cast himself as a mentor at the prime minister’s where his devotion to friendship won much appreciation and support from the eldest son of the prime minister. After decades of sufferings, Wu was freed finally, but he was totally changed, body and soul. How would Gu react to the degeneration of his dearest old friend?

Beijing People’s Art Theatre

It was in 1907 that Chinese people put on the first western play, China then has its modern theatre called as huaju (spoken drama). In the history of nearly 100 years, the prominent Chinese theatre professionals have devoted themselves to the career. Their dedication led to the emergence of a number of masterpieces, welcomed both at home and abroad. Beijing People’s Art Theatre, a first-rate national theatre company of China, its development in the last 60 years has been a miniature of the development of Chinese modern theatre.