Birth and Growth of Chinese Drama

Wang Ronghua is an advisor to the International Confucius Association, member of Council of the Diplomatic Pen. He is a guest professor of the University of Jinan. He was a distinguished professor at the School of Chinese Language and Literature, University of International Business and Economics. He is former Chinese Ambassador to Iceland.

• Part I. The Birth of Chinese Drama and Its Life before 1949.- 1. The Birth of Chinese Drama.- 2. Chinese Drama in the 1920s.- 3.  Theatrical Activities of the League of the Leftist Dramatists and the Rise of Drama for War Resistance.- 4. Theatrical Activities in the 1940s.- 5. Drama in the Liberated Areas.- Part II. Drama in the First 17 Years of the People’s Republic.- 6. The Establishment of the National Drama System.- 7. Tea House—A Monument.- 8. The One-Act Plays of Sun Yu and He Qiu.- 9. Tian Han and His Plays.- 10. The Historical Plays of Guo Moruo.- 11. The PLA Drama.- Part III. Chinese Drama in the Cultural Revolution.- 12. Chinese Drama in Disasters.- Part IV. Drama in the “New Period”.- 13. The Insurgence of the Art of Drama (1977-1981).- 14. The Exploration Period amid Crises (1982-1989).- 15. The Adaptation Period amid the Tide of Market Economy (1990-2020).- 16. The Small Theatre Movement.- 17. Annual Reports (2011-2020).