M. Butterfly / by David Henry Hwang ; with an afterword by the playwright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hwang, David Henry, 1957-

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy).

Local Subjects:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy).

Physical Description:

14 unnumbered pages, 100 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Monsieur Butterfly.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : New American Library, [1989, c1988].

Summary:

During the Cultural Revolution in China in the mid-1960s, a French diplomat falls in love with a singer in the Beijing Opera, not knowing that the object of his affection is a man. Interwoven with allusions to the Puccini opera "Madama Butterfly", a story of love and betrayal unfolds.--Adapted from imdb.com.

Notes:

"A Plume book."

"First Printing, March, 1989."

"'M. Butterfly' ... 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."

Publisher's advertisements: [3] pages at end.

"'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."

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.

ISBN:

0452262305 :

OCLC:

18559427