Scenes for mandarins
Subtitle: the elite theater of the Ming
By: (selected and translated with commentaries by) Cyril Birch.
Contributors: Birch, Cyril.
Series: Translations from the Asian classics
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Chinese drama -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- History and criticism.; China -- Social life and customs -- 960-1644.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. (255)).
Table of contents: value: Contents: The girl washing silk/ by Liang Chenyu - The plantain kerchief/ by Shan Ben - The peony pavilion/ by Tang Xianzu - The green peony/ by Wu Bing - The swallow letter/ by Ruan Dacheng.