01432cam a22002058i 4500020002900000020003000029040000800059082002600067245005000093300001300143520088200156650001801038650001801056650001201074650003801086650004201124700002001166700002101186700001901207  a9781472583420 (hardback)  a9781472583413 (paperback)  cDLC00a822 DEV 1995 C157 Or.00a1616 :bShakespeare and Tang Xianzu's China /  apages cm  a"The year is 1616. William Shakespeare has just died and the world of the London theatres is mourning his loss. 1616 also saw the death of the famous Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu. Four hundred years on and Shakespeare is now an important meeting place for Anglo-Chinese cultural dialogue in the field of drama studies. In June 2014 (the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth), SOAS, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the National Chung Cheng University of Taiwan gathered 20 scholars together to reflect on the theatrical practice of four hundred years ago and to ask: what does such an exploration mean culturally for us today? This ground-breaking study offers fresh insights into the respective theatrical worlds of Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu and asks how the brave new theatres of 1616 may have a vital role to play in the intercultural dialogue of our own time"-- 0aEnglish drama 0aChinese drama 0aTheater 7aLITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare. 7aLITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese.1 aTan, Tian Yuan,1 aEdmondson, Paul,1 aWang, Shih-pe,