Traditional Chinese Plays: Ssŭ lang visits his mother (Ssŭ lang tʻan mu). The butterfly dream (Hu tieh mêng)

Traditional Chinese Plays: Ssŭ lang visits his mother (Ssŭ lang tʻan mu). The butterfly dream (Hu tieh mêng)
Author: Adolphe Clarence Scott
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1967
Genre: Chinese drama
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The world of traditional Chinese drama can be at once fascinating and bewildering to the uninitiated Western observer. Attuned to his own dramatic conventions, he is hard put to apprehend the delicate fusion of poetry, music, and subtle gesture which is the essence of Chinese theatre. Because of these difficulties, the task of translating traditional Chinese drama must go far beyond the conventional literary treatment and evoke the entire world of stagecraft and directing.

Asia Major

Asia Major
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1967
Genre: Asia, Central
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