Imperial Envoy is adapted from the Russian writer Gogol's works: One day, Qiansan, a corrupted county magistrate, received a letter from his uncle who is an official in the capital informing that an imperial envoy dressed like an ordinary person had arrived at the county Qian governs. Qiansan was so terrified that he immediately sent his secondary to find out the whereabouts of the imperial envoy. At this time, Jiasi, son of a rich family in the capital, was put onto court after failing to pay for his accommodation fee at an inn. Qiansan mistakenly took Jiasi as the imperial envoy and tried every means he could to flatter and bribe Jiasi, who fled when the real imperial envoy arrived, leaving Qiansan and other corrupt officials fall into deep regret.

The show is performed by using the ancient art of stringed puppet show in China. So far Quanzhou Puppet Show Troupe has staged 52 performances of the play in Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Taiwan and Singapore. They were warmly welcomed by the audiences. The play was awarded a gold lion medal in the 2nd China Puppet and Shadow Play Contest as well as a new play prize in the 11th Wenhua Awards. Insiders said, Quanzhou Puppet Show Troupe made a complete adaptation on the play to put on a better performance in the 7th China Art Festival. They will have finished rehearsing the play by the end of this month.

Remarks: Tickets for Stringed Puppet Show An Imperial Envoy will be available soon!