{"product_id":"m-butterfly-with-an-afterword-by-the-playwright","title":"M. Butterfly: With an Afterword by the Playwright","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Tony Award for Best Play, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and s\u003c\/b\u003eoon to be back on Broadway in a revival directed by the \u003ci\u003eLion King\u003c\/i\u003e's Julie Taymor, starring Clive Owen \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A brilliant play of ideas... a visionary work that bridges the history and culture of two worlds.\"--\u003cb\u003eFrank Rich, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on a true story that stunned the world, and inspired by Giacomo Puccini's opera \u003ci\u003eMadama Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eM. Butterfly \u003c\/i\u003ewas an immediate sensation when it premiered in 1988. It opens in the cramped prison cell where diplomat Rene Gallimard is being held captive by the French government--and by his own illusions. He recalls a time when Song Liling, the beautiful Chinese diva, touched him with a love as vivid, as seductive--and as elusive--as a butterfly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow could he have known that his true love was, in fact, a spy for the Chinese government--and a man disguised as a woman? The diplomat relives the twenty-year affair from the temptation to the seduction, from its consummation to the scandal that ultimately consumed them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eM. Butterfly \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the most compelling, explosive, and slyly humorous dramas ever to light the Broadway stage, a work of unrivaled brilliance, illuminating the conflict between men and women, the differences between East and West, racial stereotypes--and the shadows we cast around our most cherished illusions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe original cast included John Lithgow as Gallimard and BD Wong as Song Liling. During the show's 777-performance run, David Dukes, Anthony Hopkins, Tony Randall, and John Rubinstein were also cast as Gallimard. Hwang adapted the play for a 1993 film directed by David Cronenberg, starring Jeremy Irons and John Lone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTEXT OF THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY PRODUCTION\u003c\/b\u003e\r","brand":"David Henry Hwang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44442200604908,"sku":"9780452272590","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780452272590.jpg?v=1718480405","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/m-butterfly-with-an-afterword-by-the-playwright","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}