Lovers at the Mercy of the Sword
Xiqu
Description
Description
Huang Yumei and Huang Yufen are twin sisters. Before they were born, Yumei was promised to Yang Zhicheng, and Yufen to Ma Junsheng as wives. Uprisings occur year after year, the Huang sisters flee with their parents, and the family becomes separated in the chaos. To keep herself and her daughter Yufen alive, Madam Huang seeks refuge from the Yang’s by disguising Yufen as Yumei. Although Yufen met Yang Zhicheng once, she does not want to marry him and runs away. Mr. Huang also tries to seek refuge from the other family of in-laws-to-be, disguising Yumei as Yufen. Without knowing the truth, Ma Junsheng marries Yumei. Junsheng joins the army. Yumei and her sister-in-law join him on the military expedition. After the barracks are under siege for three months, there is no food left. In an attempt to boost the morale, Ma Junsheng has no choice but to follow a historic hero’s footstep to sacrifice the flesh of his own wife as food for the army. Ma is too emotional to complete the killing and passes out. Wrongly informed that Yumei has married someone else, Yang Zhicheng follows the army and finds out the Yumei is not Yufen. To honour the decision of Junsheng, Zhicheng volunteers to do the killing for him by saying Yumei is his wife. Yufen arrives at the moment of the invaders’ defeat. Yufen is mistaken as Yumei. Junsheng also misunderstands Yumei cheated on him. After a series of complicated scenarios, Junsheng finally realized Yumei has sacrificed herself. The play has a very complicated plot. The female lead plays two roles and performs a list of misunderstanding scenes with the two male leads. Two wife-killing performance routines are brought out – killing of the loyal wife, and killing of a treacherous wife.
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