在中国大陆1990年代的先锋戏剧实验中,孟京辉被视为无可争辩的代表人物。其主创或与人合作的《思凡》(1992)、《我爱XXX》(1994)、《一个无政府主义者的意外死亡》(1998)、《恋爱的犀牛》(1999)等话剧作品,常常与牟森等的《彼岸》、《零档案》、《与艾滋有关》,林兆华等的《哈姆雷特》、《三姊妹·等待戈多》,黄纪苏和张广天的《切·格瓦拉》等作品一起,被列为先锋戏剧的代表作。在孟京辉作为导演推出的十多部先锋实验戏剧中,能一直长演不衰的是由廖一梅编剧的《恋爱的犀牛》。该剧自1999年夏天在中国青年艺术剧院首演以来,有多达六个不同的演出版本,曾在全世界 Meng Jinghui was regarded as the undisputed representative figure in the avant-garde drama experiment conducted in Mainland China in the 1990s. His works such as Sifan (1992), I Love XXX (1994), The Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1998), The Rhinos in Love (1999) Together with works by Mou Sen et al., “The Other Side,” “Zero Archives,” “AIDS,” Lin Zhaohua’s “Hamlet,” “Three Sisters Waiting for Godot,” Huang Ji Su and Zhang Guangtian’s “Che Guevara” , Was listed as a pioneer drama masterpiece. Among the more than a dozen avant-garde experimental plays that Meng Jinghui has introduced as directors, the long-acting starring “The Rhinoceros in Love”, written by Liao Yimei. Since its debut at the China Youth Art Theater in the summer of 1999, the show has as many as six different performance versions,