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PEKING OPERA AND ITS GREAT MASTER MEI LANFANG

 Wu Zuguang

 PEKING OPERA--A COMPREHENSIVE ART FORM

 THE ORIGIN OF PEKING OPERA

 SYMBOLISM IN ACTING

 MUSIC, DIALOGUES AND SONGS

 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROLES

 MAKE-UP, COSTUMESAND PROPS

MEI LANFANG--THE GREAT MASTER OF PEKING OPERA

 BORN TO A FAMILY OF ACTORS

 BOTH SUCCESSOR AND PIONEER

 SECRET OF HIS SUCCESS

 ATTRACTIVE PERSONALITY

 MEI LANFANG, STANISLAVSKY, BRECHT-- A STUDY IN CONTRASTS

 Huang Zuolin

 ENDLESS SEARCH FOR NEW THEATRICAL TRUTHS

 SALIENT FEATURES OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE THEATER

 BRECHT'S THEORY OF DRAMA IN CO

 STANISLAVSKY'S

 COMMON FEATURES OF THREE GREAT MASTERS OF REALISM

 THE MOST BASIC DIFFERENCE

 AN APPRECIATION OF MEI LANFANG'S ART

 DIFFERENT DRAMATIC CONCEPTS AND METHODS

 BRECHT'S ADOPTION OF CHINESE THEATRICAL TECHNIQUES

 AN INTERESTING QUESTION OF GOOD OR BAD ACTING

 TECHNIQUES OF CHINESE TRADITIONAL ACTING

 INNER CHARACTERISTICS OF CHINESE THEATER

REFLECTIONS ON MY STAGE LIFE

 Mei Lanfang

 MY FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE STAGE

 HOW I PLAY IN MY TWO FAVORITE OPERAS

 MY NEW OPERA MU GUIYING TAKES COMMAND

 ARTISTIC PERCEPTION AND JUDGEMENT

 MEI LANFANG AS SEEN BY HIS FOREIGN AUDI

 CRITICS

 Mei Shaowu

 EARLY EFFORTS TO POPULARIZE PEKING OPERA AMON

 AUDIENCES

 FIRST PERFORMANCE BEFORE A FOREIGN AUDIENCE

 VISITS TO JAPAN

 ENTERTAINING FOREIGN GUESTS AT HOME, PROPOSAL FOR U.S. TOUR

 SUCCESSFUL U.S. TOUR

 AMERICAN HOSPITALITY

 SENTIMENTS OF THE AUDIENCES

MEILANFANG IN THE EYES OF U.S. CRITICS

 "HIGHEST POINT IN THE SEASON'S THEATER"

 "GREEKAND ELIZABETHAN PARALLELS"

 "DEXTEROUS REALISM"

 "ACTOR, SINGERAND DANCER COMBINED"

 "AMBASSADOR OF CHINESE CULTURE"

 A GREAT STAGE SUCCESS IN THE SOVIET UNION (1935)

 PRESS COMMENTS

 SWAPPING EXPERIENCES

 STANISLAVSKY'SINTERPRETATION

 EISENSTEIN'SAPPRAISAL

 FRIENDSHIP WITH TAGORE

 WITH BERNARD SHAWAND PAULROBESON

A GUIDE TO PEKING OPERA

 1. THE TYPES OF ROLES

 2. SINGING AND DECLAMATION

 3. PANTOMIME AND ACTING

 4. COSTUMES

 5. STAGE PROPERTIES AND SYMBOLISM

 6. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

APPENDIX: SYNOPSES OF 25 PEKING OPERAS

 THE ORPHAN OF THE ZHAOS

 THE GENERALAND THE MINISTER ARE RECONCILED

 BEAUTY DEFIES TYRANNY

 THE KING'S PARTING WITH HIS FAVORITE

 ZHAOJUN CROSSING THE FRONTIER

 THE EMPTY CITY RUSE

 THE CROSSROADS

 THE WHITE SNAKE

 HAVOC IN HEAVEN

 YANDANGMOUNTAIN

 THE DRUNKEN BEAUTY

 THE HEROINE SHE SAIHUA

 MU GUIYING TAKES COMMAND

 QIN XIANGLIAN, THE FORSAKEN WIFE

 CALLING OFF THE FEAST

 WILD BOARFOREST

 THE FISHERMAN'S REVENGE

 AUTUMN RIVER

 PICKING UPAJADE BRACELET

 CHUN XIANG UPSETS THE STUDY

 THE FAIRY OF AZURE LAKE

 SELLING WATER

 DONATING A PEARL ON RAINBOW BRIDGE

 LADY MAGNOLIA

 ROMANCE OF AN IRON BOW

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