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Shashibiya staging Shakespeare in China
Author
Title
Shashibiya [electronic resource] : staging Shakespeare in China / Li Ruru.
ISBN
9789882202757 (online)
9789622096288
Published
Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, 2003 (Baltimore, Md. : Project Muse, 2012) (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 electronic text (xi, 305 p., [12] p. of plates) :) ill. (some col.), digital file.
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Notes
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Summary
Discussing the levels of filtering that any Shakespeare performance in China undergoes, this work examines how these filters reflect the continually changing political, social and cultural practices. The study also traces the history of Shakespeare performance in China over the last century.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Archival Complete Foundation Collection
Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Books Archival Subscription Plan
Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Film, Theater, and Performing Arts Foundation Collection
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 13, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-295) and index.
Contents
Shakespeare in China: between his first "arrival" and the Cultural Revolution
Orthodox presentations in Chinese eyes: Much ado about nothing (1957, revival: 1961 & 1979); Macbeth (1980)
Rebels against the classics: Hamlet (1989, 1990 & 1994); Othello (1994)
The Chinese faces of Shakespeare: blood-stained hands (Xie shou ji)/Macbeth (1986); Looking for trouble (Wushishengfei)/Much ado about nothing (1986); The prince's revenge (Wangzi fuchou ji)/Hamlet (1994)
Keeping Shakespeare in the "original sauce": Twelfth night (Di shi'er ye, 1986); Othello (Aosailuo, 1983, 1986 & 1987)
Another dimension in intercultural Shakespeare: an English/Chinese Macbeth (1994); a Taiwan/mainland Shamlet (a parody on Hamlet, 1994)
Old man Sha: dead or sleeping?
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