Lao She wrote Teahouse in 1957. The play shows the audience life in China between 1898 and 1945. It takes place in a teahouse in old Beijing and it tells us the story of Wang Lifa and his customers.
It asks us to see the teahouse as the centre of the neighborhood. Finally,it says goodbye to old Beijing and its people.
The story starts in 1898 during the Qing Dynasty. It continues in 1916,and finally,it brings the audience to the end of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945. After the war,Wang loses the teahouse and he dies.
Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His parents sent him to the Teacher's School in Beijing and he learned to teach. From 1924 to 1929 he taught the English Chinese in London. He wrote many plays,novels and short stories. He was named a“People's Artist'"anda“Great Master of Language". He was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the2 Oth century.
