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Performing China on the London Stage

Chinese Opera and Global Power, 1759–2008

Ashley Thorpe (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

263 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-59785-4 (ISBN)

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This book details the history of Chinese theatre, and British representations of Chinese theatre, on the London stage over a 250-year period. A wide range of performance case studies – from exhibitions and British Chinese opera inspired theatre, to translations of Chinese plays and visiting troupes – highlight the evolving nature of Sino-British trade, fashion, migration, the formation of diaspora, and international relations. Collectively, they outline the complex relationship between Britain and China – the rise and fall of the British Empire, and the fall and rise of China – as it was played out on the stages of London across three centuries. Drawing extensively upon archival materials and fieldwork research, the book offers new insights for intercultural British theatre in the 21st century – ‘the Asian century’.

Ashley Thorpe is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama & Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. His first book, The Role of the Clown (‘Chou’) in Traditional Chinese Drama was published in 2007, and he has contributed to numerous journals, including Contemporary Theatre Review, Theatre Research International and Asian Theatre Journal.

Introduction.- Chapter 1. Chinese drama in the European Imagination before 1736.- Chapter 2. ‘Confucius’ morals to Britannia’s ears'.- Chapter 3. From page to stage.- Chapter 4. Fashion, chinoiserie and modernity in The Circle of Chalk, 1929.- Chapter 5. Seeking subalterneity in S.I. Hsiung’s Lady Precious Stream, 1934.- Chapter 6. 'A traditional play in the traditional manner'.- Chapter 7. Chinese opera in the diaspora from 1949.- Chapter 8. Opening the stage door.- Chapter 9. Postmodern politics.- Conclusion.

“Thorpe’s study offers a wonderful overview of the ways in which Chinese theater has been imagined, translated, adapted, and imported onto the London Stage for four hundred years. … Much more useful and interesting is the way this large overarching thesis allows for a series of fascinating case studies of Chinese theater imagined, imported, translated, and adapted for the London audience.” (Paize Keulemans, CHINOPERL, Vol. 37 (2), 2018)

Erscheinungsdatum	15.10.2016
Zusatzinfo	4 Illustrations, color; 5 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Beijing Olympics • British Empire • british theatre • Chinese music drama • Chinese Theatre • Cultural Diplomacy • Cultural revolution • Edward Said's Orientalism • foreign policy • International Relations • Lady Precious Stream • London theatre • Peking opera • Sino-British relations • Sinology • The Circle of Chalk • The Orphan of Zhao • transnational stereotypes • xiju • Xiqu
ISBN-10	1-137-59785-2 / 1137597852
ISBN-13	978-1-137-59785-4 / 9781137597854
Zustand	Neuware