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... Chinese . Our Town , by Thornton Wilder , which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1938 , and has since been made into a fine film , uses Chinese methods , to a modified degree . No scenery is used in staging the play . The Chinese Property Man ...
... Chinese . Our Town , by Thornton Wilder , which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1938 , and has since been made into a fine film , uses Chinese methods , to a modified degree . No scenery is used in staging the play . The Chinese Property Man ...
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... Chinese theatre to be dead , to- day , just because its conventions have changed so little in so many centuries . It has survived in China to our own times . A living Chinese actor , Mei Lan - fang , is regarded as one of the greatest ...
... Chinese theatre to be dead , to- day , just because its conventions have changed so little in so many centuries . It has survived in China to our own times . A living Chinese actor , Mei Lan - fang , is regarded as one of the greatest ...
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... Chinese actors have been called Members of the College of the Pear Garden . FLOWER PATH AND PINE TREE STAGE Now we can hop across the Yellow Sea and do a little theatre - going in neighboring Japan . We will be surprised at the degree ...
... Chinese actors have been called Members of the College of the Pear Garden . FLOWER PATH AND PINE TREE STAGE Now we can hop across the Yellow Sea and do a little theatre - going in neighboring Japan . We will be surprised at the degree ...
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Spectacular Rome | 27 |
The Theatres of China Japan | 43 |
FIVE | 68 |
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