1616: Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu's China (Arden Shakespeare) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472583418 ISBN 13: 9781472583413

Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare, 2016

Synopsis

The year is 1616. William Shakespeare has just died and the world of the London theatres is mourning his loss. 1616 also saw the death of the famous Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu. Four hundred years on and Shakespeare is now an important meeting place for Anglo-Chinese cultural dialogue in the field of drama studies. In June 2014 (the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth), SOAS, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the National Chung Cheng University of Taiwan gathered 20 scholars together to reflect on the theatrical practice of four hundred years ago and to ask: what does such an exploration mean culturally for us today? This ground-breaking study offers fresh insights into the respective theatrical worlds of Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu and asks how the brave new theatres of 1616 may have a vital role to play in the intercultural dialogue of our own time.

About this title

Book Description:

A ground-breaking, intercultural exchange about theatre in Shakespeare's England and Tang Xianzu's China around the year 1616 and a cultural critique of what makes such explorations relevant and rewarding today.

About the Author:

Tian Yuan Tan is Reader in Chinese Studies at SOAS, University of London, UK, and the Secretary-General of the European Association for Chinese Studies.
Paul Edmondson is Head of Research at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and Honorary Fellow of The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK.
Shih-pe Wang is Associate Professor of Chinese Literature at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1472583418
• ISBN 13: 9781472583413
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Tan Tian Yuan, Edmondson Paul, Wang Shih-pe