Mei Lanfang and the twentieth-century international stage
Subtitle: Chinese theatre placed and displaced
By: Min Tian
Series: Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230112445
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Theater; Influence; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Redefining a cultural nation and reifying a theatre tradition: Mei Lanfang's international debut in Japan; title: The gentlemanly "leading lady" as "ambassador in art": Mei Lanfang's 1930-tour of the United States; title: Three glory or shame to the Chinese nation: the Chinese debate on Mei Lanfang's 1935-visit to the Soviet Union; title: Learning "the practical lesson": the interpretations and appropriations of Mei Lanfang's art by the Soviet theatre; title: The effect of displacement: Bertolt Brecht's interpretation and refunctioning of Mei Lanfang's art; title: Conclusion.