The Peony Pavilion
Subtitle: Mudan Ting
Contributors: Cyril Birch (Translator)
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: March 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780253340979
Subjects: Drama texts, plays; Chinese Poetry; Literary Collections; Plays / Drama; Chinese; Literary Criticism; Asian; Asian - Chinese; 1550-1616; 1550-1616; Tang, Xianzu,; Translations into English
Description: This is a complete English translation of a great love story by Tang Xianzu, perhaps the finest of the Ming dramatists. Cyril Birch and Catherine Swatek reflect upon contemporary performances of the play in light of its history.