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Liyuanxi - Chinese 'Pear Garden Theatre': Forms of Drama

Autor Josh Stenberg Simon Shepherd
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 iun 2024
This book offers a stimulating introduction to the Hokkien music drama known as liyuanxi ('pear garden theatre'), heir and current expression of one of China's oldest unbroken xiqu ('Chinese opera') traditions. It considers the genre's history prior to the 20th century, its signal successes before and after the Cultural Revolution, and its national prominence today. Beginning with an analysis of the form's aesthetics and techniques, it proceeds to an overview of its rich and distinctive narrative repertoire, including several dramas unique to the genre.Josh Stenberg illustrates liyuanxi's distinctive musical and narrative qualities and presents the performance art's place, not only in Chinese drama and theatre history, but also in the culture of the historic port city of Quanzhou and the broader Hokkien region and diaspora. This study focuses on the work of the only professional theatre troupe in the genre, the Fujian Province Liyuanxi Experimental Theatre (FPLET), and examines the practice of director and leading actor Zeng Jingping, whose performances have focused attention on the genre's expression of women's desires and ambitions, and on her colleague, playwright Wang Renjie. It argues that new scripts engage with the issues of contemporary China while respecting the genre's traditions and conventions, and have led to rewritings of traditional repertoire by younger female authors. Stenberg's book skilfully demonstrates how a traditional theatre can adapt and thrive in a contemporary society, providing an indispensable introduction while whetting the appetite for the genre's exhilarating live performances.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350157385
ISBN-10: 1350157384
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: 10 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Methuen Drama
Seria Forms of Drama

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Introduces an important Hokkien art with transnational reach available to the Anglophone reader for the first time

Notă biografică

Josh Stenberg is a lecturer in Chinese Studies at the School of Languages and Cultures in the University of Sydney, Australia. For the last fifteen years, he has worked for, on, and with xiqu (Chinese opera) companies and performers.

Cuprins

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsSeries PrefacePrefaceIntroduction: Liyuanxi in the Family of Chinese TheatresQuanzhou and Hokkien Culture and IdentityOrigin of the Genre Name and Role of Marshal TianThree Tendencies of Liyuanxi1. Liyuanxi HistoryEarly History and Textual HeritageLiyuanxi in the Modern EraThe Troupe in SocietyDiasporic Liyuanxi2. Performance Foundations and StyleAesthetics and TechniqueStage MotionRole TypesLiyuanxi Speech, Music and ProsodyMake-up, Costumes, Stages3. RepertoireOverviewTraditional Romantic Play: Chen San and WuniangZhu Wen and the Lucky Coins: Traditional Ghost PlayTraditional Humorous Play: Zhu MaichenContemporary Tragic Play: The Chaste Woman's LamentContemporary Humorous Play: Scholar Dong and Madam LiRevising for Gender: The Imperial SteleConclusionsEndnotesBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

This is a very important book on a unique genre of Chinese opera that, I believe, will benefit students of world theater.