| Date | 1978 |
| Publish_location | New York |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library [M5] |
| Edition | |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Book |
| Series | |
| Shelf | Director's Office |
| Call Number | PL2658.E5 E37 1978b |
| Description | 164 p.; 23 cm. |
| Note | Eight Chinese plays from the thirteenth century to the present / Translated with an introduction by William Dolby. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: The battling doctors: excerpt from Cai Shun shares the mulberries (Cai Shun fenshen): yuanben play attributed to Lin Tangqing 劉唐卿 --Grandee's son takes the wrong career (Huanmen zidi cuo lishen 宦門子弟錯立身)-- Qiu Hu tries to seduce his own wife (Qiu Hu xiqi 秋胡戲妻)/ Shi Jinbao -- Secret liason with Chancellor Bo Pi: act VII from Washing silk (Wansha ji 浣紗記)/ Liang Chenyu 梁辰魚 -- Wolf of Mount Zhong (Zhongshan lang 中山狼 )/ Wang Jiusi 王九思 -- Buying rouge (Mai yanzhi 賣胭脂)--Hegemon King says farewell to his queen (Bawang bieji 霸王別姬): Peking opera version by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳 -- Identifying footprints in the snow (Pingxue bianzong) |
| Subject | Chinese drama--Translations into English |
| ISBN | 0-231-04488-7 |
| LCCN | 77-15601 |
| Date | 1976 |
| Publish_location | London |
| Publisher | P. Elek |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Edition | |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Book |
| Series | |
| Shelf | Reading Room |
| Call Number | PN2871.H578 D762 1976 |
| Description | x, 327 p., [4] ℓ of plates : ill., ports, map ; 24 cm. |
| Note | A History of Chinese Drama / William Dolby. Bibliography: p. 286-300. Includes index. |
| Subject | Chinese drama--History and criticism Theater--China--History |
| ISBN | 023630903X |
| LCCN | 76-378743 |
| Date | 1976 |
| Publish_location | London |
| Publisher | P. Elek |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Edition | |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Book |
| Series | |
| Shelf | Reading Room |
| Call Number | PL2698.P373 F364 1976 |
| Description | 183 p., [6] ℓ of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. |
| Note | The Perfect Lady by Mistake and other Stories / by Feng Menglong (1574-1646) ; translated with an introduction by William Dolby. "Of the six stories in this vol., The perfect lady by mistake, and three other stories, are translated from the collection entitled Xingshi hengyan; the Li Bai is from Jingshi tongyan, and Yang Jiao is from Yushi mingyan. All three collections, commonly called "Sanyan," were edited and amplified by Feng Menglong." Contents: The perfect lady by mistake -- Li Bai (Li Po), God in Exile, drunken drafts his "Letter to daunt the Barbarians" -- A joke over fifteen strings of cash brings uncanny disaster -- Two magistrates vie to marry an orphaned girl -- Yang Jiao throws away his life in fulfilment of a friendship -- On big tree slope a faithful tiger acts best man. |
| Subject | China--Social life and customs--Fiction Chinese fiction--Translations into English |
| ISBN | 0236400029 |
| LCCN | 76-368198 |
