0458 - Downfall Of "Gang Of Four" Makes Chinese Stage More Flourishing. Act...Back

Downfall Of "Gang Of Four" Makes Chinese Stage More Flourishing. Actors in Shanghai rehearsing the revolutionary modern drama "The Long March" under the direction of the famous film actress Chang Jui-Fang (1st, left). The drama that has won acclaim from the workers, peasants and soldiers takes as its theme the world-renowned 25,000-li Long March taken by the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. The great leader Chairman Mao had a good opinion of the drama. Premier Chou En-lai and Chairman Chu Teh of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress showed warm concern and support for its creation and presentation. But the "gang of four", out of the vile motives to usurp Party and state power, used every means to strangle it and kept it off the stage for ten years.