Cantonese Opera and Adaptation: on Tang Disheng's Classic Works
by Compiled By Liu Yanping And Written By Chen Suyi
About This Novel
Tang Disheng is an important playwright in the Cantonese opera world. He integrated Cantonese opera with classical opera and greatly enriched the literary elements of Cantonese opera. The Cantonese opera works he adapted include "A Dream in the Peony Pavilion", "The Emperor's Flower", "The Legend of the Purple Hairpin", "The Story of Butterfly Shadow on Red Pear" and "The Second Life of Red Plum", etc., All of which have become legendary works. This book contains a collection of essays by the two authors interpreting eight classic works by Tang Disheng, analyzing how Tang Disheng transformed and utilized the original works in the adaptation process to achieve the artistic effect of "creative betrayal".
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