Thunderstorm Author:Tsao Yu 4-act play...wide human appeal.... The setting is the home of an industrialist in north China, where a family has come together with the inexorable fatality of a Greek drama. It is a play of tensions, and, in the 24 hours in which the action takes place, we watch these tensions mount and tauten as the tragic climax swiftly approaches. Here, i... more »n miniature, we witness the disintegration of the fabric of the old society and the birth-pangs of the new. The head of the house, a self-made man whose preoccupation with success has made him insensible to the ties of blood and affection, still bears within him the stifling weight of the old feudal society. The younger generation are in rebellion against the decaying order which the older generation stand for, and the intensity of their reaction reveals new facets in the dramatic situation.« less