Madame Mao

A play about female power, the nature of theatre, of women, and of revolution. Its subject is Jiang Qing, widow of Mao Zedong.

From the original copy:

"Its subject is Jiang Qing, widow of Mao Zedong. She unleashed the horrors of the Cultural Revolution, using theatre as her major propaganda tool. After Mao's death in 1976 she made a bid to become ruler of a quarter of the world's population. Regarded as a madwoman with a monstrous, vengeful eye, she is still seen as the source of China's modern ills. But is she what she was said to be? This play puts another case."

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