M. Butterfly is a play by David Henry Hwang. The story is inspired by the opera Madama Butterfly and on the real-life relationship between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Beijing opera singer. The play premiered on Broadway in 1988 and won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Play. In addition, it was a Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist in 1989.
Adaptations (1)
M. Butterfly was adapted into a 1993 film.
M. Butterfly1993 · film · 101 min · dir. David Cronenberg · IMDb ↗IMDb6.743MetacriticIn 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with opera singer Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
