1616 : Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu's China

Folger bibliographic ID: 346117
Folger call number: PR2971.C6 A26 2016
Folger holdings ID: 496906

"The year is 1616. William Shakespeare has just died and the world of the London theatres is mourning his loss. 1616 also saw the death of the famous Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu. Four hundred years on and Shakespeare is now an important meeting place for Anglo-Chinese cultural dialogue in the field of drama studies. In June 2014 (the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth), SOAS, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the National Chung Cheng University of Taiwan gathered 20 scholars together to reflect on the theatrical practice of four hundred years ago and to ask: what does such an exploration mean culturally for us today? This ground-breaking study offers fresh insights into the respective theatrical worlds of Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu and asks how the brave new theatres of 1616 may have a vital role to play in the intercultural dialogue of our own time"--

General notes

"The Arden Shakespeare"--Cover Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

1. by Wilt L. Idema -- Foreword

Extended title: 1616 : Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu's China / edited by Tian Yuan Tan, Paul Edmondson, and Shih-pe Wang

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Tang, Xianzu, 1550-1616 English drama Chinese drama Theater LITERARY CRITICISM

subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Tang, Xianzu, 1550-1616
editor: Tan, Tian Yuan
editor: Edmondson, Paul
editor: Wang, Shih-pe