Early Chinese theater and Japan

Author: Huang Aihua
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Publish Date: 2001-05-01
Features: This monograph attempts to explore the relationship between early Chinese theater and Japan, particularly Japanese New School Drama and New Drama, by examining the historical footsteps of early Chinese theater's reception of Japanese New School Drama and New Drama. It seeks to clarify the "actual connections" between them, striving to answer what early Chinese theater practitioners did on Japanese soil, what influences they received, how they received them, and the effects of such reception. Through this, it aims to provide a clear outline and in-depth analysis of the winding journey of early Chinese theater's modernization in learning from Western drama, summarize historical experiences and lessons, and offer insights for the development of contemporary theater.