Chinese Theatre and the Actor in Performance
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Jo Riley
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-06-13 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This work gives an 'inside' view of Chinese theatre and the actor in performance for the first time. It challenges western theatre artists such as Brecht, Groto
Chinese Traditional Theatre and Male Dan
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Guo Chao
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-01-31 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book examines male dan, a male actor who performs female roles in Chinese theatre. Through the rise, fall and tenuous survival of male dan in Chinese histo
Mei Lanfang and the Twentieth-Century International Stage
Language: en
Pages: 500
Authors: M. Tian
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-02 - Publisher: Springer

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The first book-length study in any language of the presence and influence of Mei Lanfang, the internationally known Chinese actor who specialized in female role
Chinese Theater
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Colin Mackerras
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988-09-01 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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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
The Classical Theatre of China
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: A.C. Scott
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-05 - Publisher: Routledge

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First published in 1957. Besides tracing the history and development of the Peking Theatre, this volume explains acting techniques, stage costume and symbolism,