New Wave of Sea Plays: A Brilliant Starting Point for Chinese Drama

Author: Huang Biao
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book primarily discusses theater, with chapters dedicated to its exploration. The main content includes an introduction titled "The Sea Tides Rise," followed by chapters on foreign actors in drama, the A.D.C. troupe, the Langyin Theater, and others: The emergence of Western-style drama in Shanghai, not an "unreferenced reference": The enlightenment of Chinese people by foreigners' theatrical arts; The myth of a theater-led national revival: Passionate calls in Shanghai publications to elevate the status of drama, from the old "immoral" and "piratical" plays to the new "popular Chinese education" and "cultivating heroes" plays, "Now dressed in silk robes, we perform the history of jade trees and bronze camels," and "Now we should catch the blue-eyed, purple-bearded ones, dress them in the robes of Youmeng, and compose their history," "And the Nanjing Music Department, in the dark world, burns a ray of light": The rise and fall of Shanghai's reformed Peking Opera, the transformation of spoken dialogue from a minor element to a major one: The trend of "Jinghua fusion" in Shanghai's theater scene; Student theater, the youth taking the stage: The popularity of student theater in Shanghai, "A new scene emerged in an age of four thousand years, a new drama never seen in China": The theatrical activities of Chinese students studying in Japan, Tongjian School and Chunyang Society: The first theater school and professional theater group born in Shanghai, the "child of Chinese and Western theater": The student theater in Shanghai contributed to the initial shaping of Chinese theater; Professional theater, "This is also a school": The era of revolutionary drama, "Modern drama can indeed depict a society, but this society is purely an upper-class one"; The era of commercial drama, adapting to the times and the split into two factions: The rise and fall and transformation of Shanghai's modern drama.
Conclusion: A Sky Full of Color.