How to Read Chinese Drama: A Guided Anthology

Contents
Thematic Contents
Preface to the How to Read Chinese Literature Series
A Note on How to Use This Anthology
Chronology of Historical Events
Symbols, Abbreviations, and Typographical Usage
Introduction: The Cultural Significance of Chinese Drama • Patricia Sieber and Regina Llamas
Part I: Yuan and Ming Dynasties: Zaju Plays
	1. The Story of the Western Wing: Tale, Ballad, and Play • Wilt L. Idema
	2. Purple Clouds, Wrong Career, and The Tiger Head Plaque: Jurchen Foreigners in Early Drama • Stephen H. West
	3. The Pavilion for Praying to the Moon and The Injustice to Dou E: The Innovation of the Female Lead • Patricia Sieber
	4. The Story of the Western Wing: Theater and the Printed Image • Patricia Sieber and Gillian Yanzhuang Zhang
	5. The Orphan of Zhao: The Meaning of Loyalty and Filiality • Shih-pe Wang
	6. The Female Mulan Joins the Army in Place of Her Father: Gender and Performance • Shiamin Kwa
Part II: Ming Dynasty and Early Qing Dynasty: Nanxi and Chuanqi Plays
	7. Top Graduate Zhang Xie and The Lute: Scholar, Family, and State • Regina Llamas
	8. The Southern Story of the Western Wing: Traditional Kunqu Composition, Interpretation, and Performance • Joseph S. C. Lam
	9. The Peony Pavilion: Emotions, Dreams, and Spectatorship • Ling Hon Lam
	10. The Green Peony and The Swallow’s Letter: Drama and Politics • Ying Zhang
	11. A Much-Desired Match: Playwriting, Stagecraft, and Entrepreneurship • S. E. Kile
	12. The Peach Blossom Fan and Palace of Everlasting Life: History, Romance, and Performance • Mengjun Li and Guo Yingde
Part II: Mid–Qing Dynasty: Zaju and Chuanqi Plays
	13. Song of Dragon Well and Other Court Plays: Stage Directions, Spectacle, and Panegyrics • Tian Yuan Tan
	14. The Eight-Court Pearl: Performance Scripts and Political Culture • Andrea S. Goldman
Part IV: Ming, Qing, and Modern Eras: Ritual Plays
	15. Mulian Rescues His Mother: Play Structure, Ritual, and Soundscapes • Sai-shing Yung
	16. The Story of Hua Guan Suo: Chantefable and Ritual Plays • Anne E. McLaren
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Visual Resources
Glossary-Index