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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1983Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824842499
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792/.0951 19
LOC classification:
  • PN2871 .C534 1983eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: 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.Its contributors are uniquely qualified to write about the Chinese theater. They have enjoyed an intimate relationship with their subject, both as academics and as theater workers, and they have combined a deep knowledge of Chinese theater with a high regard for its long tradition and continuing vitality.The book is intended for general as well as more specialized readers. Those with an interest in theater as a worldwide phenomenon and those wanting a new light on Chinese culture and society will find it equally useful. To those with a particular interest in Chinese theater, it will be a rich and important resource.
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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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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.Its contributors are uniquely qualified to write about the Chinese theater. They have enjoyed an intimate relationship with their subject, both as academics and as theater workers, and they have combined a deep knowledge of Chinese theater with a high regard for its long tradition and continuing vitality.The book is intended for general as well as more specialized readers. Those with an interest in theater as a worldwide phenomenon and those wanting a new light on Chinese culture and society will find it equally useful. To those with a particular interest in Chinese theater, it will be a rich and important resource.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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