Subject: Chinese drama--Translations into English

Eight Chinese plays from the thirteenth century to the present
AuthorDolby, William, fl. 1967-
PlaceNew York
PublisherColumbia University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library [M5]
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
ShelfDirector's Office
Call NumberPL2658.E5 E37 1978b
Description164 p.; 23 cm.
NoteEight 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)
Keywords: yuanben 院本, Nanxi 南戲, chuanqi 傳奇, zaju 雜劇, Jingju 京劇, Pingju 平劇, Chinese Opera, Beijing Opera, Southern-style Opera.

ISBN0-231-04488-7
LCCN77-15601
Peach blossom fan (T'ao-hua-shan). [Taohuashan 桃花扇. English]
AuthorKong Shangren 孔尚任, 1648-1718Ch'en, Shih-hsiangActon, Harold Mario Mitchell, 1904-1994Birch, Cyril, 1925-
PlaceBerkeley
PublisherUniversity of California Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
ShelfDirector's Office
Call NumberPL2717.U47 T313 1976
Descriptionxxi, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
NoteThe Peach blossom fan (Tao-hua-shan) / K'ung Shang-jen ; translated by Chen Shih-hsiang and Harold Acton, with the collaboration of Cyril Birch.
Translation of: Taohuashan 桃花扇.
ISBN0520029283 ; 9780520029286
LCCN74-27294
Six Yüan plays
AuthorLiu Rong'en 劉榮恩, b. 1908
PlaceHarmondsworth, Middlesex
PublisherPenguin Books
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
SeriesPenguin classics
ShelfStacks
Call NumberPL2658.E5 L5 1972
Description285 p. ; 19 cm.
NoteSix Yüan plays / translated with an introduction by Liu Jung-en.
Bibliography: p. [37].
Contents: Chi, C. The orphan of Zhao.--Chêng, T. The soul of Qiannü leaves her body. Kuan, H. The injustice done to Tou Ngo [Dou E]. Li, H. Zhang boils the sea. Ma, C. Autumn in Han Palace. A stratagem of interlocking rings.
ISBN0140442626
LCCN72-171609r91
Traditional Chinese Plays
AuthorScott, A. C. (Adolphe Clarence), 1909-1985
PlaceMadison, WI
PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
ShelfStacks
Call NumberPL2658.T712 S278 1969
Description3 v. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
NoteTraditional Chinese Plays / translated, described, and annotated by A. C. Scott.
Contents: [1] Ssu lang visits his mother (Ssu lang t’an mu). The butterfly dream (Hu tieh meng).--v. 2. Longing for worldy pleasures (Ssu fan). Fifteen strings of cash (Shih wu kuan).--v. 3. Picking up the Jade bracelet (Shih yü-cho). A girl setting out for trial (Nü ch’-chieh).
Includes indexes.
Library has vol. 2 only.