Gao Xingjian is recognized as an outstanding avant-garde experimental playwright from the early 1980s in China. This modern realist play, Absolute Signal, was received very well because of its fresh presentation on stage. For the first time in China, a playwright used special light and sound effects on stage to express the thoughts and feelings of the characters. This English translation of Gao’s early play and his theoretical essay on modern Chinese drama will not only make this play accessible to English-speaking readers worldwide but also reveal the early formation of the playwright’s unique theatric creativity and theory.