The Chinese theater

Name: The Chinese theater
Author: A. E. Zucker

by A. E. Zucker

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Chapters (232)

THE CHINESE THEATER
CHAPTER ONE Early History
CHAPTER TWO Formal Development—Yuan Dynasty, 1206-1368
CHAPTER THREE The Ming Dynasty—1368-1644 The Pi-Pa-Chi
CHAPTER FOUR The Drama under the Manchus and the Republic—1644 to the Present Day
CHAPTER FIVE Modern Tendencies
THE GREATEST EVENT IN LIFE
CHAPTER SIX External Aspects of the Chinese Theater
CHAPTER SEVEN The Conventions
CHAPTER EIGHT Mei Lan-fang—China’s Greatest Actor
CHAPTER NINE Analogies Between East and West
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
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