romantic drama

M. Butterfly is a 1993 American romantic drama film directed by David Cronenberg.

one of the most compellingexplosiveand slyly humorous dramas , , , ever to light the Broadway stagea 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

M. Butterfly is 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.

an internationally acclaimed theatre piece by Chinese-American playwright David Hwang about a transvestite male opera star’s deceptive seduction of an unsuspecting French male diplomat in China

M Butterfly is an internationally acclaimed theatre piece by Chinese-American playwright David Hwang about a transvestite male opera star’s deceptive seduction of an unsuspecting French male diplomat in China.

a play by David Henry Hwang loosely based on the relationship between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Peking opera singer

M. BUTTERFLY is a play by David Henry Hwang loosely based on the relationship between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Peking opera singer.

a melodrama about the representation of love, about the self-destructive aspects of its illusions

Inspired by a true story, written for the theatre by David Henry Hwang who adapted it for film, M. Butterfly is a melodrama about the representation of love, about the self-destructive aspects of its illusions, and about the theme of metamorphosis, so important to Cronenberg: 'I am a man who has loved a woman, created by a man', says Gallimard in the film.

the nom-de-plume of Martyn Lewis, a 27 year old songwriter from Brighton who has just released Martyn Lewis's first album of subtle, sensitive sad-core

M Butterfly is the nom-de-plume of Martyn Lewis, a 27 year old songwriter from Brighton who has just released Martyn Lewis's first album of subtle, sensitive sad-core.

by the Puccini opera

M. Butterfly is inspired by the Puccini opera, and tells the fatal romance between René Gallimard, a member of the French embassy in China, and the Chinese opera star Song Liling.

a heartfelt and sensitive drama about the complex relationship between separated parents

Created and penned by BAFTA award-winning screenwriter Tony Marchant and starring International Emmy award-winning actress Anna Friel (Marcella, Broken), Butterfly is a heartfelt and sensitive drama about the complex relationship between separated parents.

the Chinese opera star Song Liling

M. Butterfly is inspired by the Puccini opera, and tells the fatal romance between René Gallimard, a member of the French embassy in China, and the Chinese opera star Song Liling.

the romance between a married French diplomat and , a love story impacted by international espionage and a mysterious Chinese opera singer personal betrayal

David Henry Hwang’s modern classic, M. BUTTERFLY explores the romance between a married French diplomat and a mysterious Chinese opera singer, a love story impacted by international espionage and personal betrayal.

a play that’s loosely based on real life events and the opera “Madame Butterfly

M. Butterfly is a play that’s loosely based on real life events and the opera “Madame Butterfly.”

fantasia

“M. Butterfly” is a fantasia that rattles the gates of reality and questions all preconceived ideas about fidelity, fealty, and the fragility of the human psyche.

the playwright's witty and provocative deconstruction of that eponymous Puccini opera, as well as a revealing examination of how attitudes toward race and gender shape contemporary politics

M. Butterfly is the playwright's witty and provocative deconstruction of that eponymous Puccini opera, as well as a revealing examination of how attitudes toward race and gender shape contemporary politics.

the author of graphic novels and young adult fiction, including The Buffalo Tree

M. Butterfly is also the author of graphic novels and young adult fiction, including The Buffalo Tree.

a show that cannot be missed by anyone who loves provocative and challenging theatre

As far as I’m concerned – tho’ I may be somewhat biased – M. Butterfly is a show that cannot be missed by anyone who loves provocative and challenging theatre.

a modern American classic which has won a Tony Award

M. Butterfly is a modern American classic which has won a Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award.

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a subversion

M. Butterfly, a play by David Henry Hwang later adapted by David Cronenberg into the movie of the same name mentioned in the 'Film' section, is a subversion; the stereotypically doll-like Asian woman turns out to be a male spy who deliberately plays into the white man's stereotyped expectations of Asian women to make a Trope Codifier fall in love with a Trope Codifier .

the tale of a love so intense

(David Henry Hwang wrote it and then adapted it to a film script for Cronenberg), M Butterfly is the tale of a love so intense, to true, that a love couldn’t help but exist despite a love's nature given the widely accepted social norms of the time.

a three-time OBIE Award winner and a two-time finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in Drama

M. Butterfly is a three-time OBIE Award winner and a two-time finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in Drama.