Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,500 cross-referenced entries on performers, directors, producers, designers, actors, theaters, dynasties, and emperors.

List of contents

Editor's Foreword (Jon Woronoff)
Acknowledgments
Reader's Note
Preface to the Second Edition
Map of China
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Glossary
Bibliography
General
Beijing Opera
Legend and Kun Opera
Variety Opera
About the Author

About the author

Tan Ye is professor of Comparative Theater in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, the Director of the Confucius Institute, and Director of the Chinese Program at the University of South Carolina. He is the author of Common Dramatic Codes in Yuan and Elizabethan Theaters (1997), Theory and Practice of Screenwriting in China and America (co-edited with Li Jin, 2008), and Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater (2009).

Summary

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,500 cross-referenced entries on performers, directors, producers, designers, actors, theaters, dynasties, and emperors.

Product details

• Authors: Tan Ye, Ye Tan
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781538120637
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-2063-7
• No. of pages: 560
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts; Historical Dictionaries of Lit
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; China, REFERENCE / Dictionaries, HISTORY / Asia / China, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Reference works