Acclaimed avant-garde director Meng Jinghui's symbolistic drama Two Dogs hit its hundredth performance at the Oriental Pioneer Theatre in Beijing on Sunday evening.

Meng Jinghui, the director of the drama Two Dogs, is awarded a large red flower and a certificate at the Oriental Pioneer Theatre in Beijing on Sunday, June 22, 2008.

The audience was greatly surprised when director Meng Jinghui and actor Chen Minghao, who played the older dog at the premiere, turned up as guest actors.

The director and actors were later awarded red flowers and certificates praising their contributions.

The drama focuses on two dogs' feelings and opinions on mankind's way of life. The two actors alternate roles as men and dogs.

The drama premiered in May last year and hit its hundredth national performance on the last day of 2007 at the Oriental Pioneer Theatre.

Web site sina.com.cn reported that this is the first drama shown one hundred times at the theater.

Director Meng Jinghui plays as a guest actor in the drama Two Dogs at the Oriental Pioneer Theatre in Beijing on Sunday, June 22, 2008.

Actor Liu Xiaoye, who plays the role of the younger dog in the drama Two Dogs, addresses the crowd after a performance at the Oriental Pioneer Theatre in Beijing on Sunday, June 22, 2008.

(CRI June 23, 2008)