Yang Yuelou (1844â€"17 July 1890) was a Qing dynasty Peking opera
artist based in Beijing, who specialized in playing sheng roles, or
men. He is probably best known today for his 1873 conviction in
Shanghai, under judicial torture, of abducting the daughter of a
wealthy comprador. This case drew widespread attention at the time,
and much later was adapted to film and television.His third son Yang
Xiaolou was also a famous Peking opera performer.Several actors have
starred as Yang Yuelou in dramatizations of his 1873 case: Henry Lo in
the 1986 Hong Kong TV series Four Strange Cases of the Late Qing
Dynasty (清末四大奇案), Xu Xiaojian in the 1996 Chinese TV
series The Incredible Injustice to an Opera Actor (粉墨奇冤), and
Mark Cheng in the 1999 Chinese martial arts film Tragedy On and Off
the Stage (紅伶奇冤).
artist based in Beijing, who specialized in playing sheng roles, or
men. He is probably best known today for his 1873 conviction in
Shanghai, under judicial torture, of abducting the daughter of a
wealthy comprador. This case drew widespread attention at the time,
and much later was adapted to film and television.His third son Yang
Xiaolou was also a famous Peking opera performer.Several actors have
starred as Yang Yuelou in dramatizations of his 1873 case: Henry Lo in
the 1986 Hong Kong TV series Four Strange Cases of the Late Qing
Dynasty (清末四大奇案), Xu Xiaojian in the 1996 Chinese TV
series The Incredible Injustice to an Opera Actor (粉墨奇冤), and
Mark Cheng in the 1999 Chinese martial arts film Tragedy On and Off
the Stage (紅伶奇冤).
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