The white snake
Subtitle: a play
By: Mary Zimmerman ; foreword by Mo Zhou
Contributors: Zhao, Qingge, 1914-
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Evanston, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9780810129276
Subjects: Drama; Folklore; Chinese Romance fiction; Bai she zhuan
Description: Based on an ancient Chinese legend in which a snake spirit transforms herself into a beautiful woman in order to experience the human world.
Notes: "The primary source of this play, based on the ancient White Snake story, is a 1956 novel by Zhao Qingge called The Legend of the White Snake, translated by Paul White (New World Press Limited, 1998)."