115 years ago today, on September 24th, 1910 (August 21th, 1910 in the lunar calendar), playwright Cao Yu was born. Playwright Cao Yu Cao Yu was born on September 24th, 1910. Cao Yu, formerly known as Wan Jiabao, whose courtesy name is Xiaoshi. Born on September 24th, 1910 in Qianjiang, Hubei Province. Modern playwright. In 1922, he entered Tianjin Nankai Middle School. In 1925, he joined Nankai New Troupe and participated in the performances of plays such as Oppression and Nora. He used to be the drama editor of Nankai Fortnight, and wrote novellas and new poems. In 1928, he entered the Department of Political Economy of Nankai University to study. The following year, he was transferred to the Department of Western Literature of Tsinghua University. After the September 18th Incident, he participated in the establishment of Salvation Daily and compiled and performed anti-Japanese war dramas. Graduated from university in 1933 and taught at Mingde Middle School in Baoding, Hebei Province. A few months later, he went to Tsinghua Research Institute to study drama. In July 1934, the play Thunderstorm came out. Since then, she has taught in Tianjin Hebei Women's Normal University and Nanjing Drama College. In the meantime, he wrote two plays, Sunrise and Yuan Ye. After "August 13th", the drama school moved to Chongqing and Ting'an. In 1938, he wrote Black Letter Twenty-eight in cooperation with Song Zhi and participated in the performance. During his stay in Jiang'an, he successively wrote Metamorphosis and Beijinger, and adapted the one-act comedy Thinking. After returning to Chongqing in 1942, he adapted the four-act play Home from Ba Jin's novel of the same name. In 1946, he created the four-act play "The Bridge" (only two acts and three scenes were completed). In March of the same year, he was invited to give lectures in the United States. He returned to China in 1947 and worked in Shanghai Experimental Drama School and Shanghai Wenhua Film Company. In the autumn of the same year, he wrote the screenplay "Sunny Day". In 1954, he created the multi-act play Bright Sky. Joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1956. He has served as a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, chairman of the All-China Drama Association and president of Beijing People's Art Theatre. In 1962, he created the historical drama "Bold Sword". In 1978, he published the historical drama Wang Zhaojun. Cao Yu in Youth Cao Yu in Creation