TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chengbei, Xu.
AU  - Gengtao, Chen, tr. 
TI  - Peking opera
SN  - 7508502566
U1  - 782.10951 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Beijing: 
PB  - China Intercontinental Press,  
KW  - Operas, Chinese -- History and criticism.
KW  - Operas -- China -- Beijing
KW  - Theater -- China -- Beijing.
KW  - Operas.
KW  - Operas, Chinese.
KW  - Theater.
N1  - "This book is published simultaneously in seven versions in different languages including Chinese, English, Japanese, Russian, French, German and Spanish."--Page 3 of cover; Intriguing facial makeup -- Monkey plays that bustle with noise and excitement -- Anhui Troupes and the birth of Peking Opera -- The art of listening, old-style theaters -- The stage and props -- Four roles of Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou -- Classic plays -- Music and the orchestra -- Acting -- Nan Dan, or men playing female roles -- Performers and performing schools -- Generations of famous actors -- Mei Lanfang, famous Dan impersonator -- Theatrical companies and old-style opera schools --  Forms of performance -- Old Beijing in Peking Opera's heyday -- Modern Peking Operas -- Singing, dancing and acting skills -- "Realms" of acting -- Conventions of Peking Opera -- Not easy to appreciate Peking Opera -- Peking Opera in its contemporary era
ER  -