M. BUTTERFLY by David Henry Hwang

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M. BUTTERFLY

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David Henry Hwang with an Afterword by the Playwright

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Copyright? 1986, 1987, 1988 by David Henry Hwang All rights reserved. All inquiries regarding rights should be addressed to the author's agent, William Craver, Writers & Artists Agency, 70 West 36th St., #501, New York, NY 10018.

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Playwright's Notes

"A former French diplomat and a Chinese opera singer have been sentenced to six years in jail for spying for China after a two-day trial that traced a story of clandestine love and mistaken sexual identity.... Mr. Bouriscot was accused of passing information to China after he fell in love with Mr. Shi, whom he believed for twenty years to be a woman." -Tht New York Times, May 11, 1986

This play was suggested by international newspaper accounts of a recent espionage trial. For purposes of dramatization, names have been changed, characters created, and incidents devised or altered, and this play does not purport to be a factual record of real events or real people.

"I could escape this feeling With my China girl ..." -David Bowie & Iggy Pop

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M. Butterfly, presented by Stuart Ostrow and David Geffen, and directed by John Dexter, premiered on February 10, 1988, at the National Theatre in Washington, D. C ., and opened on Broadway March 20, 1988, at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. M . Butterfly won the 1988 Tony for best play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for best Broadway play, the John Gassner Award for best American play, and the Drama Desk Award for best new play. It had the following cast:

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Alec Mapa, Chris Odo, Jamie H.J. Guan

Rene Gallimard

John Lithgow

Song Liling

B. D. Wong

Marc/Man #2/Consul Sharpless

John Getz

Renee/Woman at Party/Girl

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Lindsay Frost

Comrade Chin/Suzuki/Shu Fang

Lori Tan Chinn

Helga

Rose Gregorio

M. Toulon/Man #1/Judge

George N. Martin

Scenery and Costumes: Eiko Ishioka Lighting: Andy Phillips Hair: Phyllis Della Music; Giacomo Puccini, Lucia Hwong Casting: Meg Simon, Fran Kumin Production Stage Manager: Bob Borod

Peking Opera Consultants: Jamie H.J. Guan & Michelle Ehlers

Musical Director and Lute: Lucia Hwong Percussion, Shakuhachi, and Guitar: Yukio Tsuji Violin and Percussion: Jason Hwang Musical Coordinator: John Miller

Setting

!'resent, an in reca]) duriR.g the deca de 1960 ta 1970 in

'Beijing, and from 1966 to the present in Paris.

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