Chinese Theater : : From Its Origins to the Present Day /

Chinese Theater : : From Its Origins to the Present Day / / ed. by Colin Mackerras.

This volume is the first concise introduction to the splendid variety of the Chinese theatrical tradition. It presents a rounded perspective on the development of Chinese theater by considering all of its major aspects—history and social context, performance, costume, makeup, actors, playwrights, an...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
MitwirkendeR:
Dolby, William,
Hu, John,
Mackerras, Colin,
Scott, A.,
Wichmann, Elizabeth,
HerausgeberIn:
Mackerras, Colin,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]
©1983
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I EARLY CHINESE PLAYS AND THEATER
  • II YUAN DRAMA
  • III MING DYNASTY DRAMA
  • IV THE DRAMA OF THE QING DYNASTY
  • V THE PERFORMANCE OF CLASSICAL THEATER
  • VI THEATER AND THE MASSES
  • VII TRADITIONAL THEATER IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • GLOSSARY
  • INDEX

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