The reception of George Bernard Shaw in China, 1918-1996
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The reception of George Bernard Shaw in China, 1918-1996
(Chinese studies, v. 21)
E. Mellen Press, c2002
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Yamagata
  Fukushima
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Wendi Chen delineates the varying reasons for Chinese acceptance of Shaw--both the writer and the playwright-- focusing on four distinct historical moments in twentieth-century Chinese history since 1921. In so doing Wendi Chen shows Shaw to have been a catalyst in opening the Chinese stage to Western drama, in affecting the way the theaters were run, and in educating audiences and actors alike to the demands of a drama radically different from the conventions of traditional Chinese drama.
Table of Contents
Preface i Foreword v Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1-12 Chapter 1 Introduction of Western Drama to China and Its Impact 13-38 Chapter 2 G. B. Shaw's Plays on the Chinese Stage: The Production of Mrs Warren's Profession in 1921 39-66 Chapter 3 G. B. Shaw's Plays on the Chinese Stage: The 1991 Production of Major Barbara 67-97 Chapter 4 Bernard Shaw in Pre-1949 China: A Fierce Iconoclast, A Defender of Justice, and A Moral Preacher 99-127 Chapter 5 "Laugh Talk Master" in China: An Amusing Clown or A serious Satirist? 129-148 Chapter 6 A Fabian Socialist in Socialist China: Shaw Does His Bit for the Mao Regime 149-176 Conclusion: From Xiao Bona to Bonade Xiao: Reassessment of Shaw in Post-Mao China 177-192 Appendix I 193-195 Appendix II 197 Bibliography 199-212 Index 213-215
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