Wilderness at Shanghai Grand Theatre - Lyric Theatre

Playwright: Cao Yu
Director: Chen Xinyi
Principle Cast: Hu Jun, Xu Fan, Pu Cunxin

Introduction:
By the father of Chinese drama, Cao Yu’s Wilderness is the third in his trilogy that includes Thunderstorm and Sunrise. In Cao’s typical light-hearted style, Wilderness tells how Qiu Hu comes home to exact revenge on evil landlard Jiao, only to find the man dead and his son married to the miserable Jin Zi, Qiu’s fiancé. The two decide to escape together, but instead Qiu kills her husband and commits suicide to atone for his crime. Starring Hu Jun, Xu Fan,Pu Cunxin; Chen Xinyi directs.

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.