Traditional Chinese Plays Volume 2: Longing for Worldkly Pleasures; Fifteen Strings of Cash
by Ssu Fan, Shih Wu Kuan; translated with commentary by A. C. Scott
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0299053709
- ISBN 13
- 9780299053703
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Madison/Milwaukee/London: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. Second volume only (of three) collecting and explicating Chinese dramatic forms; here, the two plays are from the lyrical k'un-ch'ü or K'unshan school, which preceded and was nearly completely replaced by the 'Peking' school. In this form, standard melodic themes indicate moods & situations, and the plays are coordinated in movement, gesture, & song, with characters conforming to set archtypes. Longing for Worldly Pleasures is a complex monologue, requiring an actor of extreme skill, portraying the lament of a young but aging Buddhist nun on her life; Fifteen Strings of Cash "is a comic murder mystery satirizing bureaucratic ineptitude in the administration of justice." Includes extensive set & costume notes, stage directions, historic context. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, minor bump to base of spine; jacket is slightly off-center, with minor edgewear, light creasing. Text clean; xvi, 156 pages; index, illustrations (mostly of costumes), b/w plates, mostly of a 1956 Beijing performance of Fifteen Strings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0778
- Title
- Traditional Chinese Plays Volume 2: Longing for Worldkly Pleasures; Fifteen Strings of Cash
- Author
- Ssu Fan, Shih Wu Kuan; translated with commentary by A. C. Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0299053709
- ISBN 13
- 9780299053703
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Place of Publication
- Madison/Milwaukee/London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Theater, Theatre, Drama, Asian Literature, Chinese Literature
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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