Chinese Theater in Days of Kublai Khan
A complete introduction to the riches of Yuan drama by one of the foremost authorities on Chinese theater in the West
Description
Crump discusses social and historical context, stages, stagecraft, and literary art of Yuan drama and presents complete translations of three plays—a bandit adventure, a melodrama, and a murder mystery.
J. I. CRUMP was Professor Emeritus of Chinese literature at the University of Michigan.