Contents

The Dilemma of Writing History of Theatre …………………………………………  Wang Jian 5
Ästhetik des Performativen (Ch. 1) …………………………………… Erika Fischer-Lichte 16

Measure for Measure: A Problem Play between Comedy and Tragedy
……………………………………………………………………………………… Margarete Schuler 30
What keeps Shakespeare at the Forefront and Ahead of Contemporary Theatre?  …………………………………………………………………………………………   Plamen Marcov 37
Mirrored Images and the Dislocation of Culture in Ninagawa’s Shakespeare
……………………………………………………………………………………………… Manabu Noda 42

Ouyang Yuqian’s Taiwan Tour with the New China Troupe……………………………Lin Xing 56
The Role of Beijing People’s Art Theatre in Guo Moruo’s Theatrical Creation
……………………………………………………………………………………………………Chen Jun 65

Selection of Mode by the Yuan Dynasty Dramatists…………………………………   Shi Lin 74
Drama Performance Tuned to Court Music and Rituals in the Qing Dynasty
…………………………………………………………………………………………… Zeng Quan’an 82
The Formation of Aesthetics in Beijing Opera Literature ……………………  Yan Quanyi 91
Adaption of Jia Ren the Miser to Kunqu-Opera……………………………………  Ma Xiaoni 105

Populism in Contemporary Television Culture in China………………………   Wang Yuwei 117
Aesthetics Charatersitics of Happy Lamb and Big Big Wolf………………   Ouyang Aihui 125

Executive Editor in Chief         Shen Lin
Editor                           Huang Jue
The Central Academy of Drama
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