Eight Chinese plays from the thirteenth century to the present
By: translated [from the Chinese] with an introduction by William Dolby.
Contributors: Dolby, William.
Publisher: Elek
Published: 1978
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Chinese drama -- Translations into English.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The battling doctors, excerpt from Cai Shun shares the mulberries (Cai Shun fen-shen), Yuanben play attributed to Liu Tangqing (late thirteenth or early fourteenth century).; title: Grandee's son takes the wrong career (Huan-men zi-di cuo li-shen), Nanxi play (anon., late thirteenth or early fourteenth century).; title: Qiu Hu tries to seduce his own wife (Qiu Hu xi-qi), Yuan zaju play by Shi Junbao (1192-1276).; title: Secret liaison with Chancellor Bo Pi', Act VII from Washing silk (Wan-sha ji), Chuanqi play by Liang Chenyu (1520-c. 1580).; title: Wolf of Mount Zhong (Zhong-sham lang), Brief zaju play by Wang Jiusi (1468-1551).; title: Buying rouge (Mai yan-zhi), Early Qing farce (anon., eighteenth century).; title: Hegemon King says farewell to his queen (Ba-wany bie-ji), Peking Opera, version by Mei Lanfang (1894-1961).; title: Identifying footprints in the snow (Ping-xue bian-zong), Chuanju drama, version (anon.) of the mid-1950's.