Intercultural Aesthetics in Traditional Chinese Theatre

Wei Feng is an Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Languages and Literature at Shandong University, China. He received his PhD in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Chapter 1: ‘Egotistic’ Adaptations of King Lear: Intercultural Playwrights Haunted by Tradition.- 3. Chapter 2: Border-Crossing Chou Actors in Beckettian Jingju.- 4. Chapter 3: Expressionistic Chuanju: Ghosts and Scenography in Lady Macbeth.- 5. Audiences Freed from Illusion?: Brechtian Estrangement and Metatheatricality Displaced in Xiqu.- 6. Conclusion.