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A Chinese Theatre Visit Reflections From Lien Chi
In Pekin, a visitor chronicles Chinese opera norms and audience behavior. He contrasts open air staging with English closed venues, notes audience crowds, applause habits, and inverts social order during performances, while observers discuss acting, dance, and tragic convention amid bustling 18th century theater life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Tam
England
Jill
Jen
Dole
Michiel
China
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