Teahouse (play)

Teahouse
Written by	Lao She
Date premiered	1957
Place premiered	Beijing
Original language	Chinese

Teahouse is a 1957 play by Lao She. The play was first published in Shouhuo ('Harvest') in July 1957.^[1]

Criticism and influence

While Teahouse had been radical and popular in 1957, after Lao She's death by suicide in 1966 the play became one of the emblematic targets of attack for the Cultural Revolution.^[2] Beijing People's Art Theatre (BPAT) did not restage Teahouse until 1979, and the play was not widely performed for the public till 1985.^[3][4]

References

1. Biographical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China -Yuwu Song 0786435828- 2013 Page 165 "When Lao She returned to China in 1931, he found that he had achieved some fame as a comic novelist, and so he continued to create his ... Among Lao She's most frequently performed plays is Teahouse, which was written in 1957.
2. Ruocheng Ying, Claire Conceison - Voices Carry: Behind Bars and Backstage During China's ... 0742555542-2009 Page 152 "After Lao She's death in 1966, Teahouse became a prime target of calumny, and the amount of slanderous attacks on both the play and its production could fill a fair-sized volume. In that respect, Teahouse is but one of the numerous examples "
3. Ruocheng Ying, Claire Conceison -Voices Carry: Behind Bars and Backstage During China's ... 0742555542 2009 - Page 152 "As a literary critic phrased it during one of the symposia on Teahouse: “We have not done sufficient justice to Lao She's writing in the past. It took the upheaval of the last ten to twelve years to make us realize that. There is much we can learn ...
4. Xiaomei Chen Acting the Right Part: Political Theater and Popular Drama ... 0824824830 2002 - Page 376 "Lao She's Teahouse first appeared in Shouhuo (Harvest) (July 1957(, and was later published as a single play ... of its questionable "political healthiness" and was not allowed to be performed for the general public until January 1985.