Through the changes in the life of the various characters in the teahouse during the last five years of the Qing Dynasty, the period of the warlord's separatist period and the Second Sino-Japanese War, reflecting the changes of society, returning to the social life before the founding of the People's Republic of China, reflecting the old from the side the social outlook of the times."
While Teahouse had been radical and popular in 1957, after Lao She's death by suicide in 1966 the play became one of the emblematic targets of attack for the Cultural Revolution.
[2] Beijing People's Art Theatre (BPAT) did not restage Teahouse until 1979, and the play was not widely performed for the public till 1985.
On 12 October, 1999, Tea House re-arranged by the Beijing People's Art Theatre with a new lineup was performed at the Capital Theater .
Instead, in the sense of post-dramatic theater, the audience saw the classroom life of a high school in Beijing for three years."