Contents

Should Social Problems be Addressed Freely on Stage: Notes on Shaw and His Realism   …………………………………………………Gao Yin

Stratagems for Theatrical Invention    …………………Chen Shixiong

Street Theatre and Popular Political Activities

in the War of Resistance Against Japan      ……………… Fu Xue Min

Constructing Ideology and Art:

Significance of the Revolutionary Operas      …………… Gao Po

Performance Prescribed by Folklore as Apologetic Action…………...Che Wen Ming

Envisioning National Salvation: Re-reading the Theme of Dou E Yuan      

…………………………………………………………Yang Jian

A Witch Play without a Witch: Carol Churchill’s Vinegar Tom ………. Qin Wen

Maternal Principle as a New Path for Interchange between Diverse Cultures:

Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul …………………………….. Fan Yuhui

Hongkong-Taiwan’s “Local Experience” and Post-colonial Culture  Chen Linxia

A Glimpse into European Puppetry  …. Margareta Sörenson  (Zhun Ning tran.)            

Travelogue on Shanxi Sites of Ancient Theatre ……………………..  Hu Wei

Beauty Contest  ……………….. Alexander Galin   (Zhang Qingyan tran.)

Executive Editor in Chief         Shen Lin

Editors                        Huang Jue   Zhao Zhiyong

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