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This condensed anthology reproduces close to a dozen plays from Xiaomei Chen's well-received original collection, along with her critical introduction to the historical, cultural, and aesthetic evolution of twentieth-century Chinese spoken drama.
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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Hu Shi, The Main Event in Life (1919), translated by Edward M. Gunn2. Tian Han, The Night the Tiger Was Caught (1922--1923), translated by Jonathan S. Noble3. Ouyang Yuqian, After Returning Home (1922), translated by Jonathan S. Noble4. Ding Xilin, A Wasp (1923), translated by John B. Weinstein and Carsey Yee5. Bai Wei, Breaking Out of Ghost Pagoda (1928), translated by Paul B. Foster6. Cao Yu, Thunderstorm (1934), translated by Wang Tso-liang and A. C. Barnes, revised translation by Charles Qianzhi Wu, with a translation of prologue and epilogue7. Xia Yan, Under Shanghai Eaves (1937), translated by George Hayden8. Lao She, Teahouse (1958), translated by Ying Ruocheng, revised by Claire Conceison9. Tian Han, Guan Hanqing (1958), retranslated by Amy Dooling10. Chen Yun, The Young Generation (1965), translated by Constantine Tung and Kevin A. O'Connor 11. Weng Ouhong and A Jia,, revised by the China Peking Opera Troupe, The Red Lantern (1970), translated by Brenda Austin and John B. Weinstein12. Gao Xingjian, The Bus Stop (1983), translated by Shiao-Ling Yu13. Sha Yexin, Jiang Qing and Her Husbands (1990), translated by Kirk A. DentonGlossaryContributors
About the author
Xiaomei Chen (Indiana PhD) is professor of Chinese literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Davis. She is the author of Staging Chinese Revolution: Theater, Film and the Afterlives of Propaganda (CUP, 2016); Occidentalism: A Theory of Counter-Discourse in Post-Mao China (Oxford, 1995; second and expanded edition, 2002), Acting the Right Part: Political Theater and Popular Drama in Contemporary China (Hawai'i, 2002); and editor of Reading the Right Text (Hawai'i, 2003) and The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama (CUP, 2010; abridged edition 2014).
Summary
This condensed anthology reproduces close to a dozen plays from Xiaomei Chen’s well-received original collection, along with her critical introduction to the historical, cultural, and aesthetic evolution of twentieth-century Chinese spoken drama.
