Drama Kings

Contents

List of Illustrations......................................................................vii Acknowledgments............................................................................ix Introduction...............................................................................1 PART ONE. (RE)FRAMING THE GENRE, 1870-1919 1. Late Qing Institutions of Peking Opera..................................................17 2. From Teahouse to Playhouse..............................................................55 3. The Experimental Stage, 1895-1920.......................................................89 4. May Fourth Realism and Qi Rushan's Theory of National Drama.............................134 PART TWO. PEKING OPERA TO NATIONAL DRAMA, 1920-1937 5. Landscape and Figure, Nation and Character..............................................175 6. The Limits of Reform....................................................................209 7. The Gendering of National Culture, Or, The Only Good Woman is a Man.......... ... read full excerpt from Drama Kings: Players and Publics in the Re-creation of Peking Opera, 1870-1937 ebook