Contemporary Chinese Theatre Paperback / softback
by Roger Howard
Part of the Routledge Library Editions: Chinese Literature and Arts series
Paperback / softback
Description
Chinese theatre underwent a great experiment under the cultural revolution.
Using the reformed Beijing operas as models, the whole range of theatre arts, from straight plays to acrobatics and from ballet to ballads saw a profound transformation.
Alongside the professional theatre, an upsurge of workers’ and peasants’ amateur theatre stimulated new developments.
This book, first published in 1978, sketches the historical background to these changes and offers a factual survey of the main forms and characteristics of Chinese theatre at the time.
It traces the rise of the new drama since 1949 and explores the political principles underlying the reforms.
It examines the new amateur theatre and describes typical plays and operas staged in China.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:144 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:15/10/2023
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- ISBN:9780367771539
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:144 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:15/10/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367771539
