M. Butterfly

David Henry Hwang

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • accounting
  • american
  • american drama
  • american drama (dramatic works by one author)
  • chinese espionage
  • diplomats
  • drama
  • fiction
  • general
  • lgbtq plays
  • operas, stories, plots, etc.
  • plays
  • reading level-grade 10
  • reading level-grade 11
  • reading level-grade 12
  • reading level-grade 7
  • reading level-grade 8
  • reading level-grade 9
  • sex in espionage
  • singers
  • théâtre américain