Contents

Johannes Schütz: Good Scene on Stage Is Always Empty………………………Liu Xinglin

Postdramatisches Theater: An Overview………………………………Hans-Thies Lehmann

A Century of Ibsen Criticism…………………………………………………………Errol Durbach

Children of Liubimovka and the New New Wave Theatre in Contemporary Russia

…………………………………………………………………………………………………Wang Shufu

Two Essays………………………………………………………………………………………Lev Dodin

Features of Sacrificial Rituals on Kabuki Stage …………………Teng Jun and Ma Xiaoyun

Spread and Acceptance of Romance of the West Chamber on Korean Peninsula and Japan

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………Guo Yan

NantongActing School: Its Rise and Fall and Implications…………………………………Fu Jin

Comparative Theatrical Studies of Chen Shouzhu…………………………………Kang Jianbing

Taboos of Performance as Sacrificial Rituals……………………………………Zhang Yongfeng

Text Research of the Ming Dynasty Chuanqi-Romance in Yiyang Opera: Methodology

…………………………………………………………………………………………………… Ma Huaxiang

China’s Spoken Drama Market in a Consumer Culture ……………………………Yang Xinyu

Local Operas in the Context of New Rural Construction………Liu Wei and Zhao Xiaofeng

Performing Arts in the Context of Diversity ……………………………………………Zhou Yan

Recollections of the Xin Jiang National Class in the Central Academy of Drama                                

…………………………………………………………………………………………………Maynur Balati

Executive Editor in Chief         Shen Lin

Editor                             Huang Jue

The Central Academy of Drama

39 Dong Mian Hua Hutong, East District, Beijing 100710, China

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