The rise of the Peking Opera, 1770-1870 : social aspects of the theatre in Manchu China / [by] Colin P. Mackerras.
| Author/creator | Mackerras, Colin |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1972. |
| Description | x, 316 pages : illustrations, 3 of plates, maps, plans ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction. The major systems of regional theatre ; Historical background -- Drama in society (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries). The prominent clans: quasi-religious drama ; The secular drama of the literati ; The ordinary people ; Actors in society -- The theatre in Yang-chou. Companies attached to the salt merchant families ; General remarks on the companies of the salt merchants ; The theatre outside the salt merchant families ; The background of the prosperity of Yang-chou's theatre -- The Ch'in-ch'iang actors. The Ch'in-ch'iang actors of Hsi-an ; The Ch'in-ch'iang actors of Peking ; The Peking stage up to 1779 ; Wei Ch'ang-sheng ; Ch'en Yin-kuan: Wei Ch'ang-sheng's successors ; The Ch'in-ch'iang theatre: its impact and the reasons for its success -- The court and the Anhwei companies till 1830. The court theatre ; The Anhwei companies: the position of Erh-huang ; The Peking theatre up to 1820 ; The popular theatre of the 1820s ; The boy-actors and the success of the Anhwei companies -- The consolidation of the Peking opera. The court theatre ; The companies of Peking ; Actors of the middle Tao-kuang period ; The three great Lao-sheng actors -- The theatre and the acting profession in Peking. The theatre and the stage: historical background ; Theatres in Peking ; The systems of rotation in the Hsi-yüan ; Restrictions on the drama ; The social status of actors ; Actors as a professional body: guilds -- Appendices. Reign-titles of the Ch'ing dynasty ; Notes on some collections about the theatre ; The dramas (Dramas especially popular with Tan actors ; Religious dramas ; Dramas based on popular novels) ; List of works cited (Chinese works (before 1912) ; Chinese and Japanese works (since 1912) ; Works in Western languages) -- Glossary of characters. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 269-285) and index. |
| LCCN | 73152403 |
| ISBN | 0198151373 |
| ISBN | 9780198151371 |
| Stock number | £6.00 |
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