{"product_id":"m-butterfly-with-an-afterword-by-the-playwright-9780452272590","title":"M Butterfly With an Afterword by the Playwright","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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\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? T\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Audaciously imaginative … big in conception and theme, David Henry Hwang joins the first string of American playwrights.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Just when you've seen every possible coupling, \u003ci\u003eM. Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e presents one of the most provocative and touching of all.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hwang has something to say and an original, audacious way of saying it.  A rarity on Broadway.\"—\u003cb\u003eEdwin Wilson, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Putnam Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402238107991,"sku":"9780452272590","price":13.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780452272590.jpg?v=1730479802","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/m-butterfly-with-an-afterword-by-the-playwright-9780452272590","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}