01731nam a2200265Ia 4500 7508502566 9787508502564 CUS 782.10951 CHE/P Chengbei, Xu. 15243 Peking opera/ Xu Chengbei; translated by Chen Gengtao. Beijing: China Intercontinental Press, 2003. 128 p.: col. ill.; 23 cm. Cultural China series. 15244 "This book is published simultaneously in seven versions in different languages including Chinese, English, Japanese, Russian, French, German and Spanish."--Page 3 of cover. Intriguing 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. Operas, Chinese -- History and criticism. 15245 Operas -- China -- Beijing. 15246 Theater -- China -- Beijing. 15247 Operas. 15248 Operas, Chinese. 15249 Theater. 10582 Gengtao, Chen, tr. 15250 WB16 155506 155506 0 0 0 0 1 1 GEN 2016-08-28 1 782.10951 CHE/P P10303 2018-07-13 00:00:00 2018-07-13 2016-08-28 WB16