M. Butterfly

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Event M. Butterfly
Venue York Theatre (Seymour Centre), Chippendale, NSW
First Date 6 July 1993
Opening Date 6 July 1993
Last Date 1993
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description The play is a deconstruction of Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly. The play is also loosely based on news reports of the relationship between a French diplomat, Bernard Boursicot, and Shi Pei Pu, a male Chinese opera singer who purportedly convinced Boursicot that he was a woman throughout their twenty-year relationship. A powerful study of sex, mystery, treason, obsession, delusion and deception.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects China
Diplomacy
Homosexuality
Sexual Identity
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
James Condon Actor
Nell Feeney Actor
Robert Grubb Actor
Olivia Hamnett Actor
Michelle Lee Actor
Amanda Ma Actor
Danny Nash Actor
Darren R Yap Actor
Warwick Yuen Actor
Dean Carey Assistant Director
Mary Benn Assistant Stage Manager
Kim Walker Choreographer
Sun Ming Circus Style Performer
Liang Zhou Circus Style Performer
Xu Fengshan Consultant Peking Opera
Sally Sussman Consultant Asian Theatre
Hugh Colman Designer
Gale Edwards Director
Jamieson Lewis Lighting Designer
Max Lambert Musical Supervisor
Jude Hallam Musician
Timothy Hook Musician
David Henry Hwang Playwright
Ian Cookesley Production Manager
Jenny Ward Stage Manager
Suzanne Heywood Voice Coach
Bill Pepper Voice Coach
Resources
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record April 1993
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record March 1993
Cast List MTC Records
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 79648