Chinese Theater: From Its Origins To The Present Day,New David Chandler Company Embedded In The Culture

Embedded In The Culture

By The End Of That Era

Riveting And Powerfully Intimate

For More Than A Century

While In The Midst Of A Very Successful Career As A Surgeon

Chinese Theater: From Its Origins To The Present Day,New David Chandler Company Embedded In The CultureThis Volume Is The First Concise Introduction To The Splendid Variety Of The Chinese Theatrical Tradition. It Presents A Rounded Perspective On The Development Of Chinese Theater By Considering All Of Its Major Aspectshistory And Social Context, Performance, Costume, Makeup, Actors, Playwrights, And Theatersand By Discussing All The Major Forms Of Chinese Theater, Including The Beijing Opera, Which Arose In The Eighteenth Century, And The Spoken Play,