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The play was first staged in early 1962.
Reliable sources place the play's first staging in 1961, not 1962.
Full reasoning
Multiple scholarly sources contradict the 1962 date. A JSTOR-hosted scholarly work on Wu Han says The Dismissal of Hai Jui was "first published in November, 1960, and staged in Peking in February, 1961." A University of Hawai‘i Press edition likewise says the play "was first performed on the Peking operatic stage in February 1961." Another reference work on the Cultural Revolution says the play was first performed in Beijing in January 1961. The exact month varies by source, but they agree on the key point: the play was already being staged in 1961, so saying it was first staged in early 1962 is incorrect.
3 sources
- Wu Han: Attacking the Present Through the Past
"The Dismissal of Hai Jui, which was first published in November, 1960, and staged in Peking in February, 1961."
- Hai Jui Dismissed from Office: ASH #7
"Hai Jui pa-kuan (The Dismissal of Hai Jui), a historical play, was something of a success when it was first performed on the Peking operatic stage in February 1961."
- Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
"completed it as Hai Rui Dismissed from Office ... first performed in Beijing in January 1961."