Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama (eBook)

Xiaomei Chen is professor of Chinese literature at the University of California at Davis. She is the author of Occidentalism: A Theory of Counter-Discourse in Post-Mao China and Acting the Right Part: Political Theater and Popular Culture in Contemporary China; editor of Reading the Right Text: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama; and coeditor of East of West: Cross-cultural Performance and the Staging of Difference. Her book Staging Chinese Revolution: Founding Fathers, Red Classics, and Revisionist Histories of Twentieth-Century China is forthcoming from Columbia University Press.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Hu Shi, The Main Event in Life (1919), translated by Edward M. Gunn2. Tian Han, The Night the Tiger Was Caught (1922–1923), translated by Jonathan S. Noble3. Ouyang Yuqian, After Returning Home (1922), translated by Jonathan S. Noble4. Ding Xilin, A Wasp (1923), translated by John B. Weinstein and Carsey Yee5. Bai Wei, Breaking Out of Ghost Pagoda (1928), translated by Paul B. Foster6. Cao Yu, Thunderstorm (1934), translated by Wang Tso-liang and A. C. Barnes, revised translation by Charles Qianzhi Wu, with a translation of prologue and epilogue7. Xia Yan, Under Shanghai Eaves (1937), translated by George Hayden8. Lao She, Teahouse (1958), translated by Ying Ruocheng, revised by Claire Conceison9. Tian Han, Guan Hanqing (1958), retranslated by Amy Dooling10. Chen Yun, The Young Generation (1965), translated by Constantine Tung and Kevin A. O'Connor 11. Weng Ouhong and A Jia,, revised by the China Peking Opera Troupe, The Red Lantern (1970), translated by Brenda Austin and John B. Weinstein12. Gao Xingjian, The Bus Stop (1983), translated by Shiao-Ling Yu13. Sha Yexin, Jiang Qing and Her Husbands (1990), translated by Kirk A. DentonGlossaryContributors