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Tang Huaiqiu
Tang Huaiqiu (1898–1954), a stage actor and director, founded the China Travelling Theatre Troupe in 1933 and led it in staging Thunderstorm in Tianjin in October 1935.
Backstage of a theatre troupe, an open trunk spills embroidered red and blue robes, one worked with a phoenix, beneath a jewelled headdress with long plumes; a mirror stand, a stool and a row of painted drums stand beside it, with a red curtain hanging at the right.
Also known as Tang Zhenqiu (original name)
Tang Huaiqiu, originally named Tang Zhenqiu, came from Xiangxiang in Hunan; he studied in Japan as a young man and later studied aviation machinery in France. In 1926 he and Tian Han, among others, organised the Southern Society in Shanghai, and in November 1933 he founded the China Travelling Theatre Troupe in Shanghai and led it. In October 1935 the troupe staged Cao Yu's Thunderstorm in Tianjin. The troupe trained actors including Bai Yang, Tao Jin and Sun Daolin.
Life and times
Dates 1898–1954