The Chinese theater
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The Chinese theater describes traveling companies that erect theaters covered with matting wherever citizens are willing to pay for performances. The account describes theatricals as customary features of big weddings, funerals, banquets, charity events and other festivities, with professional performers or opportunities for amateurs.
Most large buildings, including temples, guildhalls and palaces, are described as having simple projecting stages inside a large hall or outdoors in a courtyard. The account states that companies of players have entire freedom in staging and acting in China. The discussion of theatrical origins describes a researcher's collection of evidence from pantomimes, dramatic dances and satirical buffoonery in seeking the roots of theater.
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- Author
- A. E. Zucker
- Pages
- 157
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Theater
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