Huang Lei (left) and Sun Li take the lead roles in Stan Lai’s play Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land.

Taiwanese playwright-direct     or Stan Lai's most famous production, Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land, tells two intertwined stories. One is a modern tragedy about an old man reminiscing a long-lost love, while the second is a broad comedy about a cuckolded man who finds his way to Peach Blossom Land.

Premiering in 1986, Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land has toured worldwide and won both audience and critical acclaim.

The first woman to play Yun some 20 years ago was Lai's wife, the playwright-actress Ding Nai-Chu, for whom Lai actually created the role. The 1992 film version of Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land features the popular Taiwanese actress Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia in the lead. Three years ago, the young rising Chinese actress Yuan Quan won the part of Yun.

Now it's Sun Li's turn. The 30-year-old ballerina and actress graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1999 and has appeared in many movies and TV shows. And it's likely that Sun will be comfortable in her new role, since Huang Lei who stars as Jiang Binliu (Yun's lover) in the play, is her partner in real life.