Contents

Random Thoughts on the Vernacular Opera White-Haired Girl …… Ouyang Yuqian

From Paris Opera to the Academy of Chinese Opera and Music:

A Case of National Imagination in Modern Theatre ………………………… Sun Bai

Soviet Theatre during the 1980s: Types and Characteristics …………… Pan Yueqin

An Interview with Anatoly Vasiliev ……………………………… Tong Ning Trans.

Antonin Artaud, Theatre of Cruelty, and Cenci ………………………… Hu Penglin

Soliloquy in Drama ……………………………………………………… Li Zhiwei

Improvisation in the Films of John Cassavetes ………………………… Li Xiaoxue

Influences of Avant-garde Theatre on Directing:

 Directors’ Pluralism in CAD Graduation Plays ………………………..Sun Fei

Handwork in Stage Design …………………………………………… Sun Daqing

Theatrical Activities and Their Social Functions

in the Qing Dynasty Taiwan ……………………………………………  Huang Junling

Guo Xiaozhuang’s Efforts of Reforming the Peking Opera …………………………………Li Wei

Multiculturalism and the Crisis of Theatre in Taiwan ……………………………………… Wang Xiaohong

The Peony Pavilionin the Eyes of the Ming and Qing Literati………………………………  Feng JunjieA Tentative Discussion on Symbolic Expression in Nuo:A Case Study of

the Nuo Performance in the Western Hunan Province…………………………………………… Tian Hongyun

Theatrical Motifs Unearthed in the Song Dynasty Tombs in Henan and

Jin Dynasty Tombs in Shanxi: A Preliminary Study…………………………………………… Peng Chao

Editor-in-Chief                 Liao Xiang Hong

Executive Editor-in-Chief         Shen Lin

Editor                        Xu Jian, Huang Jue

The Central Academy of Drama

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