01616nam a2200241Ia 4500020001500000020001800015040000800033082002100041100001800062245006000080260005400140300003400194440002700228500017800255505075500433650004701188650003201235650003401267650001301301650002201314650001401336700002401350  a7508502566  a9787508502564  cCUS  a782.10951bCHE/P  aChengbei, Xu. 0aPeking opera/cXu Chengbei; translated by Chen Gengtao.  aBeijing: bChina Intercontinental Press,  c2003.  a128 p.: bcol. ill.; c23 cm.  aCultural China series.  a"This book is published simultaneously in seven versions in different languages including Chinese, English, Japanese, Russian, French, German and Spanish."--Page 3 of cover.  aIntriguing facial makeup -- Monkey plays that bustle with noise and excitement -- Anhui Troupes and the birth of Peking Opera -- The art of listening, old-style theaters -- The stage and props -- Four roles of Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou -- Classic plays -- Music and the orchestra -- Acting -- Nan Dan, or men playing female roles -- Performers and performing schools -- Generations of famous actors -- Mei Lanfang, famous Dan impersonator -- Theatrical companies and old-style opera schools --  Forms of performance -- Old Beijing in Peking Opera's heyday -- Modern Peking Operas -- Singing, dancing and acting skills -- "Realms" of acting -- Conventions of Peking Opera -- Not easy to appreciate Peking Opera -- Peking Opera in its contemporary era.  aOperas, Chinese -- History and criticism.   aOperas -- China -- Beijing.  aTheater -- China -- Beijing.   aOperas.   aOperas, Chinese.   aTheater.   aGengtao, Chen, tr.