M. Butterfly

play written by David Henry Hwang
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M. Butterfly

Summary

M. Butterfly is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,604 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • M. Butterfly authored David Henry Hwang[3].
  • M. Butterfly received the Tony Award for Best Play[4].
  • M. Butterfly's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • M. Butterfly's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • M. Butterfly's main subject is Bernard Boursicot[7].
  • M. Butterfly's main subject is Shi Pei Pu[8].
  • M. Butterfly's main subject is Madama Butterfly[9].
  • M. Butterfly's date of first performance is recorded as February 10, 1988[10].
  • M. Butterfly's nominated for is recorded as Pulitzer Prize for Drama[11].
  • M. Butterfly's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'M. Butterfly'}[12].
  • M. Butterfly's location of first performance is recorded as National Theatre[13].
  • M. Butterfly's form of creative work is recorded as play[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Play[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f5078455-569a-41c2-8807-6a112659b7ad[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

M. Butterfly authored David Henry Hwang[3].

Publication

M. Butterfly's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include Bernard Boursicot[7], Shi Pei Pu[8], and Madama Butterfly[9].

Reception

M. Butterfly received the Tony Award for Best Play[4].

Why It Matters

M. Butterfly ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,604 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

FAQs

What awards did M. Butterfly receive?

Honors received include Tony Award for Best Play[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . tonyawards.com. tonyawards.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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