Xing Fan is Associate Professor of Asian Theatre and Performance Studies in the Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada. A specialist in Chinese drama, theatre, and performance culture, she received training in jingju acting at the Academy of Chinese Traditional Theatre and the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesSeries PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Performance Practice: Music, Acting, Visual Components, Play Text, and Mounting ProductionsChapter 2. Performance History: “Huangqiang,” “Pihuang,” “Luantan,” “Guoju,” and “Jingju”Chapter 3: Performance as LegacyBibliographyIndex

Xing Fan is Associate Professor of Asian Theatre and Performance Studies in the Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada. A specialist in Chinese drama, theatre, and performance culture, she received training in jingju acting at the Academy of Chinese Traditional Theatre and the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesSeries PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Performance Practice: Music, Acting, Visual Components, Play Text, and Mounting ProductionsChapter 2. Performance History: “Huangqiang,” “Pihuang,” “Luantan,” “Guoju,” and “Jingju”Chapter 3: Performance as LegacyBibliographyIndex

Xing Fan is Associate Professor of Asian Theatre and Performance Studies in the Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada. A specialist in Chinese drama, theatre, and performance culture, she received training in jingju acting at the Academy of Chinese Traditional Theatre and the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesSeries PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Performance Practice: Music, Acting, Visual Components, Play Text, and Mounting ProductionsChapter 2. Performance History: “Huangqiang,” “Pihuang,” “Luantan,” “Guoju,” and “Jingju”Chapter 3: Performance as LegacyBibliographyIndex