Chinese Theater: From Its Origins to the Present DayColin 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, and theaters—and by discussing all the major forms of Chinese theater, including the Beijing opera, which arose in the eighteenth century, and the spoken play, an entirely twentieth-century form. |
Contents
EARLY CHINESE PLAYS AND THEATER | 7 |
YUAN DRAMA | 32 |
MING DYNASTY DRAMA | 60 |
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