Shashibiya : staging Shakespeare in China
Title:
Shashibiya : staging Shakespeare in China
Author:
Li, Ruru.
ISBN:
9789622096295
9789622096288
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Publication Information:
Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2003.
Physical Description:
xi, 305 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations, chiefly color ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Shakespeare in China: between his first 'arrival' and the Cultural Revolution -- Orthodox presentations in Chinese eyes: Much ado about nothing (1957, revival: 1961 & 1979); Macbeth (1980) -- Rebels against the classics: Hamlet (1989, 1990 & 1994); Othello (1994) -- The Chinese faces of Shakespeare: blood-stained hands (Xie shou ji)/Macbeth (1986); Looking for trouble (Wushishengfei)/Much ado about nothing (1986); The prince's revenge (Wangzi fuchou ji)/Hamlet (1994) -- Keeping Shakespeare in the 'original sauce': Twelfth night (Di shi'er ye, 1986); Othello (Aosailuo, 1983, 1986 & 1987) -- Another dimension in intercultural Shakespeare: an English/Chinese Macbeth (1994); a Taiwan/mainland Shamlet (a parody on Hamlet, 1994) -- Old man Sha: dead or sleeping?
Abstract:
Discussing the levels of filtering that any Shakespeare performance in China undergoes, this work examines how these filters reflect the continually changing political, social and cultural practices. The study also traces the history of Shakespeare performance in China over the last century.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index.
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