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100			_aChengbei, Xu. _915243
245		0	_aPeking opera/ _cXu Chengbei; translated by Chen Gengtao.
260			_aBeijing: _bChina Intercontinental Press, _c2003.
300			_a128 p.: _bcol. ill.; _c23 cm.
440			_aCultural China series. _915244
500			_a"This book is published simultaneously in seven versions in different languages including Chinese, English, Japanese, Russian, French, German and Spanish."--Page 3 of cover.
505			_aIntriguing 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.
650			_aOperas, Chinese -- History and criticism. _915245
650			_aOperas -- China -- Beijing. _915246
650			_aTheater -- China -- Beijing. _915247
650			_aOperas. _915248
650			_aOperas, Chinese. _915249
650			_aTheater. _910582
700			_aGengtao, Chen, tr. _915250
942			_cWB16
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