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This book explores responses to Tang Xianzu's classic play The Peony Pavilion (Mudan ting) from three distinct segments of its public-literati playwrights; professional performers of Kun opera; and quite recently, directors and audiences outside China. Catherine Swatek first examines two adaptations of the play by Tang's contemporaries, which point to the unconventionality of the original work. She goes on to explore how the play has been changed in later adaptations, up to its most recent produ

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Author

Swatek, Catherine Crutchfield

Publisher

Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, c2002

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780892641369

Category

literary studies

Subjects

History, Science, Performing Arts

Updated

2026-03-25