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Contemporary Chinese theatre / [by] Roger Howard.

Title: Contemporary Chinese theatre / [by] Roger Howard.
Author: Howard, Roger, 1938-
Publication: London [etc.] : Heinemann Educational, 1978.

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vii, 138 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

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Includes indexes.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. [126]-127.

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Contents

Pt. 1. Historical background -- The forms of theatre : Peking operas ; Local operas ; Modern drama (huachu) ; Agitational sketches ; Variety shows ; Acrobatics ; Puppet and shadow theatre ; Story-telling and balladry (chuyi) ; Children's drama ; Ballet ; Musicals (cong and dance dramas) ; Companies ; Mobile theatre ; Theatre buildings ; Theatre audiences ; Drama training and theatre research -- Characteristics of contemporary Chinese theatre -- Pt. 2. The plays of 1949-65 -- Cultural revolution in the theatre, and after -- New workers' and peasants' amateur theatre -- New professional productions ; Trends for the future.

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0435184563 :

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^^^79319060^

OCLC

5833837
SCSB-10651575

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Harvard Library