Chinese Theater: From Its Origins to the Present Day

Abstract

Preface -- Introduction / Colin Mackerras and Elizabeth Wichmann -- Early Chinese plays and theater / William Dolby -- Yuan drama / William Dolby -- Ming Dynasty drama / John Hu -- The drama of the Qing Dynasty / Colin Mackerras -- The performance of classical theater / A.C. Scott -- Theater and the masses / Colin Mackerras -- Traditional theater in contemporary China / Elizabeth Wichmann -- Glossary.