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Stefan Zweig x Meng Jinghui x Huang Xiangli
In the final moments of her life, a woman writes a long, sorrowful letter, confessing her lifelong love for a man who remains completely unaware of her existence. From the instant she first met him, she experienced a girl's infatuation, youthful passion, a brief union, and a subsequent descent into the world's oldest profession, yet her love for him never wavered.
Letter from an Unknown Woman is a classic novella by Austrian author Stefan Zweig. The tenderness and tear-jerking style of the original work earned Zweig the title of "the writer who understands women best in the world." Chinese avant-garde theatre master Meng Jinghui reimagines this classic with a subversive approach, adapting it into a nearly two-hour solo performance. He pushes the absurdity to its extreme, narrating the mad love between the unknown woman and Mr. W through "three meals and three intimate encounters." Lead actress Huang Xiangli unleashes astonishing energy on stage, laying bare the inescapable sweetness, pain, and torment a woman feels in unrequited love, culminating in heart-wrenching cries of disappointment and despair.
With just a bed, a table, and a guitar, Huang Xiangli performs solo, sings while playing the guitar, showcases her culinary skills, and creates sparks with multimedia projections. This all-encompassing, sensory love story—engaging sight, sound, smell, and taste—will transport the audience into a realm of fatal romance.
