Rhinoceros in Love explained

Rhinoceros in Love
Place:	China National Youth Theatre, Beijing
Orig Lang:	Chinese (Mandarin)

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.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

It is a production of the National Theatre Company of China.

In August 2012, it became the first play in the People's Republic of China (1949-) to reach 1,000 performances.^[5]

References

1. Web site: 'Rhinoceros in Love' is about belief: Director . 2009-03-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120725024357/http://paper.sznews.com/szdaily/20090222/ca2909897.htm . 2012-07-25 .
2. Web site: China Plus. https://archive.today/20120708225225/http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/06/10/[e-mail]. dead. July 8, 2012.
3. Web site: Rise of Experimental Drama: Rhinoceros in Love . 2009-03-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081204124035/http://www1.chinaculture.org/library/2008-01/17/content_38639.htm . 2008-12-04 .
4. Web site: Life of Guangzhou - Drama "Rhinoceros in Love" . www.lifeofguangzhou.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090327012233/http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_35/node_112/node_263/2009/03/18/123735884760439.shtml . 2009-03-27.
5. Web site: "Rhinoceros in Love" becomes China's first play to make 1,000 performances - People's Daily Online.

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