Selected Plays of Stan Lai

Volume 1: Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land and Other Plays

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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These volumes feature works from across Lai’s career, providing an exceptional selection of a diverse range of performances.Volume One contains:Secret Love in Peach Blossom LandLook Who's Crosstalking TonightThe Island and the Other ShoreI Me She HimMénage à 13

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Utgivningsdatum2022-02-24
Mått152 x 229 x 39 mm
Vikt820 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor520
FörlagThe University of Michigan Press
ISBN9780472055074

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Stan Lai (Lai Shengchuan) is one of the most celebrated theatre practitioners working in the Chinese-speaking world. His work over three decades has pioneered the course of modern Chinese language theatre in Taiwan, China, and other Chinese speaking regions. "The preeminent Chinese playwright and stage director of this generation." (China Daily) "The best Chinese language playwright and director in the world." (BBC) Lai's works include masterpieces of the modern Chinese language theatre such as Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land, The Village, and his epic 8-hour A Dream Like A Dream, all of which are in this collection.Lissa Tyler Renaud (M.A. Directing, Ph.D. Theatre History/Criticism, U.C. Berkeley, 1987) is known internationally as a master teacher, actor-scholar, invited speaker, writer, critic, and 2nd generation editor.

“Stan Lai is the most important contemporary playwright in the Chinese-speaking world. Many of his plays are household names, known for their inventiveness, depth, and imagination. With its beautiful English translations and superb, digestible introductions by Tao Qingmei, this collection is essential reading for everyone interested in contemporary theatre today."—Emily Wilcox, William & Mary, author of Revolutionary Bodies: Chinese Dance and the Socialist Legacy