Plays of the Yuan period were widely popular with the people. When under the native Chinese Ming rulers (1368–1644) Mongol influence was eradicated, drama was, for a time, forbidden. Revived in the south, it increasingly became a literary form for a scholarly elite.

1972年9月30日 · Yuan plays were a tonic, an amazing spectacle—colorful outbursts of singing, dancing, music, acting and mime. They poured new life into old stories—oppressors were ridiculed, servants became masters, scenes changed, day followed night in the twinkling of an eye—and audiences flocked to enjoy what must have been complete entertainment.

The Orphan of Zhao is a Chinese play from the Yuan dynasty, attributed to the 13th-century dramatist Ji Junxiang (紀君祥). [1] The play has as its full name The Great Revenge of the Orphan of Zhao. [2]

This is the first anthology of Yuan-dynasty zaju (miscellaneous comedies) to introduce the genre to English-speaking readers exclusively through translations of the plays' fourteenth-century editions.

2023年2月6日 · Publication date 2014 Topics Chinese drama -- Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368 -- Translations into English, Chinese drama, Yuan Dynasty (China) Publisher New York : Columbia University Press Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 851.4M

All songs are assigned to a male lead who plays four different characters: Zhao Shuo 趙朔 (in the wedge), Han Jue 韓厥 (in the first act), Gongsun Chujiu 公孫杵臼 (in the second and third acts), and... As is customary in Yuan printings of drama, Huo Guang Remonstrates as a Ghost (Huo Guang gui jian 霍光鬼諫) mentions no author.

2014年12月9日 · This is the first anthology of Yuan-dynasty zaju (miscellaneous comedies) to introduce the genre to English-speaking readers exclusively through translations of the plays' fourteenth-century editions.

Yuan plays were a tonic, an amazing spectacle—colorful outbursts of singing, dancing, music, acting and mime. They poured new life into old stories—oppressors were ridiculed, servants became...

2014年12月9日 · This is the first anthology of Yuan-dynasty zaju (miscellaneous comedies) to introduce the genre to English-speaking readers exclusively through translations of the plays' fourteenth-century...

1972年6月26日 · This volume contains six of the best Yuan plays, together with an introduction to the genre and a brief essay on each play.