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''The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama'' is a 2010 book edited and introduced by Xiaomei Chen ()〔"(《正角登场:当代中国大众戏剧》 (Acting the Right Part: Political Theater and Popular Drama in Post-Mao China, University of Hawaii Press, 2002) )" (Chinese language abstract). Xiaomei Chen. Retrieved on May 11, 2014.〕) and published by the Columbia University Press. There are 22 plays, including ''huaju'' and comedies. The time span of the plays ranges from 1919 to 2000.〔Wetmore, p. 1115.〕 About half of the plays were published before the 1980s, including five plays from the Maoist era and seven from the 1920s. One of the Maoist plays is a Cultural Revolution-era model opera drama.〔Mazzilli, p. 450.〕 In terms of the political era, 11 are from the Republican Era and the remainder are from after the start of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Of the remainder, eight are from Mainland China, two are from British Hong Kong prior to the 1997 handover, and one is from Taiwan.〔 Four of the plays had previously been published in the 1983 anthology ''Twentieth-century Chinese Drama: An Anthology'' by Edward Gunn.〔 Translators of the plays include Amy Dooling,〔Mazzilli, p. 451.〕 Edward Gunn,〔 Nick Kaldis, Jonathan S. Noble,〔 John Weinstein, and Shiao-ling Yu.〔 Taiwanese author Stan Lai and Hong Kong author Joanne Chan had written and provided the English translations of their respective works.〔 Some translations had originated in earlier works and were modified. Mary Mazzilli of ''The China Quarterly'' wrote that "This adds a contemporary flavour to the texts without detracting from the meaning and style from the originals."〔 ==Content== The introduction, an overview of the genre, places the plays in chronological order and describes the role of ''huaju'' in politics and culture. This introduction includes citations and endnotes. Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. of Loyola Marymount University stated that even though using an individual introduction to each work would have allowed the inclusion of production histories and biographical information of the playwrights, "that is the tradeoff for the bigger picture presented by the comprehensive introduction aimed at general readers and students."〔 Plays included in the anthology: * ''The Main Event in Life'' (1919) by Hu Shih〔 * ''Yama Zhao'' (1922) by Hong Shen〔 * ''The Night the Tiger Was Caught'' (1922-1923) by Tian Han〔 * ''A Wasp'' (1923) by Ding Xilin〔 * ''After Returning Home'' (1923) by Ouyang Yuqian〔 * ''Thunderstorm'' (1934) by Cao Yu〔 * * Wetmore stated that this inclusion was "I believe, for the first time" the play ''Thunderstorm'' was included in an anthology.〔 * ''It's only Spring'' (1937) by Lin Jianwu〔 * ''Return on a Snowy Night'' (1942) by Wu Zuguang〔 * ''Teahouse'' (1958) by Lao She〔 * ''Guan Hanqing'' (1958) by Tian Han〔 * ''The Legend of the Red Lantern'' (Cultural Revolution era)〔 * ''Bus Stop'' (1983) by Gao Xingjian〔 * ''Metamorphosis'' (1986) by Anthony Chan (Hong Kong play)〔 * ''Crown Ourselves with Roses'' (1988) by Joanne Chan〔 * ''Wilderness and Man'' (1988) by Li Longyun〔 * ''Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land'' by Stan Lai (Taiwanese work)〔 * ''Geologists'' (1995) by Yang Limin〔 * ''Che Guevara'' (2000) by Huang Jisu, Zhang Guantian, and Shen Lin〔 This book includes the first-ever English versions of ''A Wasp'', ''Che Guevara'', and ''Geologists''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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