Performed by China National Drama Troupe
Artistic Supervisor: Yang Zongjing
Supervised and Produced by: Wang Xiaoying
Producer: Li Dong
Playwright: Tian Qinxin
Director: Tian Qinxin
Stage Design: Xue Dianjie
Lighting Design: Zhou Zhengping, Ma Wenguang
Composer: Jiang Jinghong
Costume Design: Ge Yan
Makeup Design: Li Hongying
Sound Effect Design: Han Hongzhi
Prop and Set Design: Xu Yuhua
Main Cast:
Han Tongsheng, as Zhao San
Ni Dahong, as Erliban
Zhang Ying, as Wangpo
Ren Chengwei, as Cheng Ye
Li Lin, as Jin Zhi
Ma Shuliang, as Erye
The play is adapted from Xiao Hong??s novel of the same title. The scene is a remote northeastern village after the ?°Sept. 18th incident?± in 1931. Zhao San, a farmer, was going to kill the landlord. But he never thought of it again since the lord saved his life. Erliban, another farmer, tried to find a wife for his son but failed. He feared that the villagers would look down upon him, and turned to Japanese invaders. Cheng Ye, also a farmer, was devoted to calling for resistance against Japan. However, the villagers didn??t respond. They did not awaken to the crucial moment of fighting back together until the slaughter.