Chapter One CHENG ZHAOCAI, A CHINESE VILLAGE SHAKESPEARE The Pingju Drama's Rural Origins Cheng Zhaocai, Founding Father of Pingju Tangshan Laozi Cheng Zhaocai's Early Plays Yangshan and Tianjin The Move to the Northeast Cheng Zhaocai, the Playwright Chapter Two THE RISE OF THE PRIMA DONNA The First Pingju Actresses Bai Yushuang Other Outstanding Actresses of the 1930s and 1940s Chapter Three THEATRE LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER 1949 Pre-1949 Theatre Life Eastern and Western Pingju Pingju in the PRC Chapter Four PINGJU MUSIC AND MUSICIANS Postscript Appendix TRANSLATIONS OF THREE OF CHENG ZHAOCAI'S PLAYS Widow Ma's Inn The Flower Matchmakers Humped Dragon
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