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'''''Thunderstorm''''' ({{zh|c=雷雨|p=Léiyǔ|w=LeiLei2-yüyü3}}) is a play written in 1933 by the Chinese dramatist [[Cao Yu]]. It is one of the most popular Chinese dramatic works of the period prior to the [[Second Sino-Japanese War|Japanese invasion]] of China in 1937.

* FanyiZhou Puyuan ({{zh|cfirst=繁漪t|t=周樸園|s=周朴园|p=FányīZhōu Pǔyuán|w=FanChou1 P'u3-iyüan2}}): Puyuan's55-year-old secondhead wife,of 35a yearsmining oldcompany.

* Zhou PingFanyi ({{zh|c=周 萍繁漪|p=Zhōu PíngFányī|w=Chou P'ing|labels=noFan2-i1}}): Puyuan's eldersecond son (by Shiping)wife, 2835 years old.

* Zhou ChongPing ({{zh|first=t|tc=周沖|s=周冲 萍|p=Zhōu ChōngPíng|w=ChouChou1 ChP'unging2|labels=no}}): Puyuan's youngestelder son (by FanyiShiping), 1728 years old son.

* LuZhou GuiChong ({{zh|first=t|t=魯貴周沖|s=鲁贵周冲|p=LǔZhōu GuìChōng|w=LuChou1 KueiCh'ung1|labels=no}}): manservantPuyuan's inyoungest theson Zhou(by householdFanyi), 4817 years old son.

* Lu ShipingGui ({{zh|first=t|t=魯侍萍貴|s=鲁侍萍贵|p=Lǔ ShìpíngGuì|w=LuLu3 Shih-p'ingKuei4|labels=no}}): formermanservant wifein ofthe PuyuanZhou and wife of Lu Guihousehold, 4748 years old.

* Lu DahaiShiping ({{zh|first=t|t=魯大海侍萍|s=鲁大海侍萍|p=Lǔ DàhǎiShìpíng|w=LuLu3 TaShih4-haip'ing2|labels=no}}): sonformer wife of Puyuan byand Shipingwife of Lu Gui, 2747 years old.

* Lu SifengDahai ({{zh|first=t|t=魯四鳳大海|s=鲁四凤大海|p=Lǔ SìfèngDàhǎi|w=LuLu3 SsuTa4-fenghai3|labels=no}}): maidservant in the Zhou household, daughterson of Lu GuiPuyuan andby Shiping, 1827 years old.

[[Hangzhou]]-born composer [[Mo Fan]] composed a modern[[Western opera in Chinese|western-style opera]] based on the play, with the same title ([[Thunderstorm (opera)|''Leiyu'']], "Thunderstorm"). The opera was presented in 2001 by the [[Shanghai Opera House]] company.<ref>[http://www.shanghaiopera.com.cn/EN/Gjtd_gjmp_show.asp?info_id=1170 Shanghai Opera - Thunderstorm (2001)]</ref>

Another adaptation was the 2006 film ''[[Curse of the Golden Flower]]'', directed and written by [[Zhang Yimou]]. This very loose adaptation set the action in the imperial court of the late [[Tang Dynastydynasty]], with the Emperor in the place of Puyuan.

In 2012 [[Wang Chong (director)|Wang Chong]] directed Thunderstorm 2.0, a multimedia performance using four cameras and real-time editing, in Trojan House, Beijing. The adaptation, authorised by Cao Yu's family, cut 99% of the original text and only three major characters remained. The focus became Cao Yu's feminist view. The show was an immediate hit. The Beijing News noted it as one of the Best Ten Little Theater Works in China 1982–2012. It later toured Taipei Arts Festival, Israel Festival in Jerusalem, and Under the Radar Festival in New York, three festivals that no performance from China mainland China has ever entered.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cul.sohu.com/20120712/n347959687.shtml|title=Thunderstorm 2.0 Deconstructs Cao Yu}}</ref>

It is included in ''[[The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama]]'', a 2010 book edited by Xiaomei Chen and published by the [[Columbia University Press]]. Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. of [[Loyola Marymount University]] stated that this inclusion was "I believe, for the first time" ''Thunderstorm'' was included in an anthology.<ref name=Wetmorep1115>Wetmore, Kevin J., Jr. ([[Loyola Marymount University]]). "[http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0021911811001756 The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama]" (book review). ''[[The Journal of Asian Studies]]'', {{ISSN|0021-9118}}, 11/2011, Volume 70, Issue 4, pp. 1114 - 1116. Cited: p. 1115.</ref>

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