Selected Plays of Stan Lai - Volume 2: The Village and Other Plays

Bringing the iconic plays of Stan Lai to an English-language readership

About the author

Stan Lai (Lai Shengchuan) is one of the most celebrated theatre practitioners working in the Chinese-speaking world. His work over three decades has pioneered the course of modern Chinese language theatre in Taiwan, China, and other Chinese speaking regions. "The preeminent Chinese playwright and stage director of this generation." (China Daily) "The best Chinese language playwright and director in the world." (BBC) Lai's works include masterpieces of the modern Chinese language theatre such as Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land, The Village, and his epic 8-hour A Dream Like A Dream, all of which are in this collection.

Lissa Tyler Renaud (M.A. Directing, Ph.D. Theatre History/Criticism, U.C. Berkeley, 1987) is known internationally as a master teacher, actor-scholar, invited speaker, writer, critic, and 2nd generation editor.

Summary

Bringing the iconic plays of Stan Lai to an English-language readership

Product details

• Authors: Stan Lai
• Assisted by: Lissa Renaud (Editor), Lissa Tyler Renaud (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Michigan Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780472055081
• ISBN: 978-0-472-05508-1
• No. of pages: 496
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet