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Liu Nanwei
Yue opera writer from Wujin, Jiangsu, known as Nan Wei, who adapted Xianglin's Wife in 1946 and also wrote The Fragrant Concubine and The Peacock Flies Southeast.
In a workshop, one person sits with their back turned at a long table, pointing a thin rod at a model stage with painted scenery; scripts bound in cord and a brush pot lie in the foreground, a ring of white dots marks the floor, and two drums and hanging cloths stand at the right.
Also known as Nan Wei · Liu Songtao
Liu Nanwei, born Liu Songtao and known by the pen name Nan Wei, was a Yue opera writer from Wujin, Jiangsu. In 1946 he adapted Lu Xun's story The New Year's Sacrifice as the Yue opera Xianglin's Wife; staged by the Xuesheng troupe with Yuan Xuefen in the lead, it was hailed as a milestone of the 1940s reform of Yue opera. His other Yue opera scripts include The Fragrant Concubine and The Peacock Flies Southeast. He was born in 1922 and died in 1991.
Life and times
Dates 1922–1991