Elite Theatre in Ming China, 1368-1644

Grant Guangren Shen is a theatre director and Asian theatre specialist. He directed the English versions of the zaju opera of China (1995), kabuki of Japan (1998), and Sanskrit of India (2002), all in their classical study. He teaches a variety of theatre courses, both Asian and Western, theoretical and practical. He has published articles on Asian theatre in internationally refereed journals.

• 1. Introduction  2. Previous Scholarship  3. Troupe Owners  4. Actor Background  5. Owner-Performer Relation  6. Actor Training  7. Singing and Dancing  8. Role Playing  9. Directing  10. Performance Space  11. Playwriting Performance Theory