Red Detachment of Women (ballet) - Synopsis

Synopsis

Place: Yelinzhai, Hainan Island, China
Time: The Ten-Year Civil War (1927-1937)
Main Characters:
  • HONG Changqing, Commissar of the Red Detachment of Women
  • WU Qinghua, daughter of a peasant, later a soldier, and finally the Commissar
  • Lian Zhang, literally the Company Commander
  • Xiao PANG, or "Little PANG," the Messenger
  • Nanbatian, literally "the Tyrant of the South"
  • OU Guangsi (Lao Si), Nanbatian's Lackey

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