The Misfortune of the Kite

Author: Li Yu
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: A comic adaptation of an ancient Chinese classic comedy. The Kite Errant is a work by the renowned Qing Dynasty playwright Li Yu. Scholar Han Shixun writes a poem on a kite, while the dissolute young man Qi sets it flying. The kite's string breaks and it falls to a distant place, where it is picked up by the talented and beautiful second Miss Zhan, Shujuan. She adds her own poem and releases the kite again, which leads to a series of misunderstandings and coincidences, giving rise to two intertwined yet contrasting marriage plots between Han Shixun, Qi, and the two Misses of the Zhan household. The play has a coherent storyline, with waves of suspense and an engaging plot.