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INTRODUCTION฀ The฀paper s฀gathere d฀i n฀thi s฀boo k฀wer e฀prepare d฀i n฀ connection฀wit h฀th e฀Hon g฀Kon g฀Internationa l฀Brech t฀ Seminar฀hel d฀i n฀th e฀Goeth e฀Institut e฀an d฀th e฀Universit y฀o f฀ Hong฀Kon g฀fro m฀Marc h฀16-20t h฀1981 .฀A ฀lis t฀o f฀speaker s฀ and฀translator s฀a t฀th e฀en d฀o f฀thi s฀volume .฀Th e฀Semina r฀ would฀no t฀hav e฀bee n฀possibl e฀withou t฀th e฀energeti c฀suppor t฀ of฀D r฀Klau s฀Vetter ,฀Directo r฀o f฀th e฀Goeth e฀Institute ,฀Hon g฀ Kong฀an d฀D r฀Edwar d฀Chen ,฀Directo r฀o f฀th e฀Centr e฀o f฀Asia n฀ Studies,฀Universit y฀o f฀Hon g฀Kong .฀Fo r฀furthe r฀generou s฀ material฀suppor t฀w e฀ar e฀mos t฀gratefu l฀t o฀th e฀Britis h฀ Council฀an d฀th e฀Chines e฀Universit y฀o f฀Hon g฀Kong .฀W e฀als o฀ appreciate฀th e฀service s฀o f฀Rowen a฀May-ta k฀Kwan ,฀Luci a฀ Yuen-may฀Leung ,฀Mathe w฀Wing-kwon g฀Leung ,฀L i฀Siu-leun g฀ and฀Yun g฀Sai-shing .฀ What฀i s฀missin g฀i n฀thi s฀volum e฀ar e฀th e฀performance s฀ we฀witnesse d฀an d฀th e฀wide-rangin g฀discussion s฀fo r฀whic h฀ they฀serve d฀a s฀a ฀focus .฀W e฀sa w฀tw o฀production s฀i n฀ Cantonese:฀Ma n฀i s฀Ma n฀performe d฀b y฀th e฀Seal s฀Theatr e฀ Company,฀directe d฀b y฀Rol f฀Stahl ,฀Munic h฀an d฀Vick i฀Ooi ,฀ Hong฀Kong ,฀an d฀a ฀versio n฀o f฀H e฀Wh o฀Sa y฀Ye s฀an d฀H e฀Wh o฀ Says฀N o฀devise d฀an d฀directe d฀b y฀Bernadett e฀Tsu i฀fo r฀ simultaneous฀performanc e฀i n฀th e฀Dram a฀Laborator y฀o f฀th e฀ Department฀o f฀Englis h฀Studie s฀an d฀Comparativ e฀Litera ture ,฀Universit y฀o f฀Hon g฀Kong .฀W e฀als o฀sa w฀videotape s฀o f฀ the฀Beijin g฀Lif e฀o f฀Galile o฀an d฀o f฀Kore a฀Senda' s฀Japanes e฀ production฀o f฀Th e฀Caucasia n฀Chal k฀Circle .฀Som e฀sens e฀o f฀ the฀rang e฀o f฀thes e฀discussion s฀ca n฀perhap s฀b e฀obtaine d฀ from฀a ฀repor t฀o n฀th e฀Semina r฀entitle d฀'Brech t฀i n฀Eas t฀Asia :฀ Reflections฀o n฀a ฀Seminar 1 ฀whic h฀I ฀wrot e฀fo r฀Communi cations ฀fro m฀th e฀Internationa l฀Brech t฀Societ y฀(Vol .฀10 ,฀No .฀ 3฀[Jul y฀1981] ,฀pp .฀3-14) .฀Anothe r฀facto r฀i n฀th e฀chang e฀o f฀ medium,฀fro m฀visibl e฀an d฀audibl e฀t o฀writte n฀communica tion ,฀ca n฀b e฀illustrate d฀b y฀th e฀well-know n฀Shangha i฀ director฀Huan g฀Zuolin' s฀presentation .฀I t฀wa s฀accompanie d฀ by฀a ฀film ,฀speciall y฀mad e฀fo r฀th e฀Seminar ,฀whic h฀illustrate d฀ the฀technique s฀fro m฀th e฀Chines e฀Oper a฀t o฀whic h฀hi s฀pape r฀ refers.฀ 2฀ Introduction In฀som e฀sense ,฀thes e฀paper s฀constitut e฀a ฀uniqu e฀ collection.฀The y฀certainl y฀contai n฀informatio n฀abou t฀ Brecht฀an d฀th e฀theatr e฀i n฀Chin a฀an d฀Eas t฀Asi a฀tha t฀i s฀no t฀ widely฀known .฀Som e฀o f฀the m฀nee d฀sensitiv e฀reading ,฀the y฀ need฀t o฀b e฀contextualize d฀an d฀the n฀wha t฀ma y฀see m฀t o฀ Western฀Brechtian s฀a ฀familia r฀argumen t฀becomes ,฀whe n฀w e฀ read฀betwee n฀th e฀lines ,฀par t฀o f฀a ฀livel y฀an d฀ver y฀pressin g฀ debate฀abou t฀th e฀directio n฀o f฀moder n฀theatre .฀Bu t฀th e฀ papers฀spea k฀fo r฀themselve s฀an d฀w e฀notic e฀th e฀differen t฀ positions฀taken ,฀i n฀particular ,฀o n฀th e฀crucia l฀questio n฀o f฀th...

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