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Beijing People's Art Theater
The Beijing People's Art Theater was founded in June
1952. Its first president was drama master Cao
Yu
. The theater has presented more than 300
different styles and different forms of dramas ever since.
Since its founding, the theater has staged about 300
dramas of different styles. In the 1950-60s, it was noted for staging the
representative works of master play wrights Guo Moruo, Lao
She, Cao Yu and Tian
Han. They include Tiger Tally, Cai
Wenji, Wu
Zetian, Dragon's Beard Ditch, Thunderstorm,
Sunrise,
Beijingers, Death of a Renowned Actor, Guan
Hanqing
, The miser, Aesop, Man with
Guns and The Wiser Who Has a Fail.
Since 1980s, the theater has staged nearly 80 new dramas
with 27 prizewinners at the municipal and national levels. The representative
works include Wang
Zhaojun
, Absolute singnals, Xiaojing Hutong, Weddings and Federals, Grandpa
Doggy's Nirvana, The Top Restaurant (first Wenhua Award winner), Poet Sage Li
Ban (winner of the third Wenhua Award), Galar Hutong (fifth Wenhua Award
winner), Ruan lingyu (sixth Wenhua Award winner), Bird-keeper, Beijing Uncle,
Antiques, Returning Home, The God's Son, foreign dramas Mahjong, Death of a
Salesman and Caine Mutiny Marshal.
In 1980, for the first time in Chinese drama history, the
theater towed Western Europe with Lao She's masterpiece Tea House which was
later put on stage in Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, and Singapore
with warm response from the viewers. The theater has also successfully toured
Singapore, R.O. Korea as we1l as Hong
Kong, Taiwan
with Death of a Salesman, The Top Restaurant,
Grandpa Doggie's Nirvana, Bird-keeper, Ruan Lingyu and Antiques.
The theater's acclaimed artists now include Lin Zhaohua, Guo Qihong, Li
Longyun, Gu Wei, Lu Zhong, Xiu Zongdi, Wang Ling, Ren Ming, Pu Cumin, Yang Da,
Liang Guanhua, Yang Lixin, Zhang Zhizhong, Xu Fan, Song Dandan, Zhen Tianwei,
Feng Yuanzheng, He Bing, Gong Lijun and Chen Xiaoyi.
Address: No. 22, Wangfujing Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing Post code:
100006 Tel: (010) 65135801 Fax: (010) 65139770
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