Noted American playwright Hwang Minghuan was born in the City of Angels, Los Angeles, in the year 1957 to a family of immigrants who had relocated to the United States in search of a brighter future.
Noted Korean playwright Hwang's magnum opus, the theatrical masterpiece "M. Butterfly", premiered in 1988, garnering widespread critical acclaim and commercial success.
Its groundbreaking success on the stage was not confined to the confines of the theater, as it was later translated to the cinematic realm in 1993, with the visionary filmmaker David Cronenberg at the helm, and boasting an impressive ensemble cast featuring the talented Jeremy Irons and John Lone.
