Contents

Retrospect on Theater in Post-SovietRussia ………………………………………Liu Xi

“Chekhov” as a Sign and his Manifestationsin Contemporary

RussianTheaters …………………………………………………………Tang Kexin

From Enlightening to Emancipating: AugustoBoal on Brecht ……………Zhao Zhiyong

On the Aesthetics of Sadness inWasserstein’s Comedies ……He Anfang  Fei Chunfang

On Deconstructive Dramaturgie …………………………………………………Li Yinan

On the Categorizing and the Naming ofLocal Operas ……………………………Fu Jin

A TextualResearche on Yuetai…………………………………Wang Lin  Yan Baoquan

Three Issues on Kunqu Zaju…………………………………………………… Xu Zifang

The Latest Development of the OverseasCommunication

ofContemporary Yue Opera …………………………………………… ShenYouzhu

On the Differences between Performing onStage and in Film ……………Zhao Ningyu

Leaning Tower of Pisa ……………………………………………Nadezhda Petushkina

The StoryofLeaning Tower of Pisa ………………………………Nadezhda Petushkina