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- The Flower Princess: A Cantonese Opera by Tong Dik Sang
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
summary
THE FLOWER PRINCESS (Dae Neui Fa or Din?hua in Mandarin) has become the most renowned Cantonese Opera since its 1957 premier in Hong Kong. The opera is a serious political drama played out between the Han and non-Han following the fall of the Ming dynasty, and the plot pits romantic love against the lofty Confucian ideals of social hierarchy and moral rectitude. This is the first complete English translation of the opera, featuring text, song titles, speech types, and choreographic and stage setting. It also contains a foreword by Pak Suet Sin (Bai Xuexian), the celebrated Cantonese Opera actress who created the role of the Princess in the original production.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 1-4
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xv-xvi
- Illustrations
- pp. xvii-xxiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-24
- The Flower Princess (English)
- pp. 25-116
- The Flower Princess (Chinese)
- pp. 123-222
Additional Information
ISBN
9789629969240
Related ISBN(s)
9789629963743
MARC Record
OCLC
868220575
Pages
244
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No