Introduction -- Gao Xingjian, postdramatic theatre and transnationalism -- Gao and postdramatic theatre: a comparison with British playwright Martin Crimp -- Dialogue and rebuttal: the death of love in postdramatic transnationalism -- Individualism and freedom in nocturnal wanderer -- Transnational postdramatic realism in Weekend quartet -- Latest postdramatic attempts at transansnationalism -- Conclusion