China's National Drama Theater (CNDT) and the China Performing Arts Agency will jointly stage a play about psychological changes brought about by China's opening-up.
The play, originally titled Brothers, has been renamed I will cry if you call me brother. It tells of two young intellectuals who consider themselves brothers, but choose different lifestyles after China adopts its opening-up policies. Their different attitudes toward life finally destroy their friendship.
According to Director Cao Qijing, the play has been revised many times and its name has been changed four times.
He said the play described the lives of a whole generation from1978 to 1998, but avoided the theme of love between a man and a woman popular in current Chinese plays.
(Xinhua News Agency October 15, 2002)
