Elizabeth Wichmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 1352196 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Wichmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Wichmann |
| SIGNATURE | WICHMANN E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Theater and Society
In the late autumn of 1979, as a graduate student living in Nanjing and researching theatre in China, I was taken late one night via a fantastically circuitous route to meet with the playwright Sha Yexin. His play If I Were Real (Jiaru wo shi zhende) had just been banned and he was on his way back to Shanghai from Beijing, his fate highly uncertain. He met with several students and writers in an icy, dark, high-ceilinged room at the top of a grea…
Xiqu Research and Translation with the Artists in Mind
Since the late 1970s, the single most impelling goal of Chinese society as a whole has been modernization. Modernization not only in science and technology (and, by popular Chinese definition, economics as well), but also in culture and therefore in the performing arts, including theatre. Despite periodic official disavowals, the West has been a major model for modernization-and in theatre, this includes the works of Western theatre artists and t…
Listening to Theatre
Listening to Theatre
Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Beijing Opera Performance
Before examining the current balance of tradition and innovation in Beijing opera performance, as well as some of the reasons for that balance, a brief review of certain major traditional characteristics of the form seems called for. In terms of both Chinese and international theatrical history, Beijing opera is not an old form. Its genesis did not occur until the end of the 18th century, and it did not emerge as a fully independent, influential …
Some Observations on the Aesthetics of Primitive Chinese Theatre
Even today, one can see numerous forms of (yuanshi yanjua)* in China, by which I mean ancient forms closely connected with religious ritual that have been preserved in certain remote regions as living fossils, essentially unchanged by modern civilization. These forms almost assuredly predate the mainstream forms of Chinese theatre, which are largely script-dominated. However, although primitive and mainstream forms have existed simultaneously for…
Scholar from Bashan County
Wei Minglun, Nan Guo, Hu Dongsheng, Dai Ling, Wang Xiuping, Elizabeth Wichmann, Susan E. Pertel, Scholar from Bashan County: A Sichuan Opera, Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, Traditional Asian Play Issue Part II (Spring, 1986), pp. 54-101
Chinese Theater
This volume is the first concise introduction to the splendid variety of the Chinese theatrical tradition. It presents a rounded perspective on the development of Chinese theater by considering all of its major aspects—history and social context, performance, costume, makeup, actors, playwrights, and theaters—and by discussing all the major forms of Chinese theater, including the Beijing opera, which arose in the eighteenth century, and the spoke…
Chinese Theater
This volume is the first concise introduction to the splendid variety of the Chinese theatrical tradition. It presents a rounded perspective on the development of Chinese theater by considering all of its major aspects—history and social context, performance, costume, makeup, actors, playwrights, and theaters—and by discussing all the major forms of Chinese theater, including the Beijing opera, which arose in the eighteenth century, and the spoke…
Chinese Theater
This volume is the first concise introduction to the splendid variety of the Chinese theatrical tradition. It presents a rounded perspective on the development of Chinese theater by considering all of its major aspects—history and social context, performance, costume, makeup, actors, playwrights, and theaters—and by discussing all the major forms of Chinese theater, including the Beijing opera, which arose in the eighteenth century, and the spoke…
Scholar from Bashan County
Wei Minglun, Nan Guo, Hu Dongsheng, Dai Ling, Wang Xiuping, Elizabeth Wichmann, Susan E. Pertel, Scholar from Bashan County: A Sichuan Opera, Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, Traditional Asian Play Issue Part II (Spring, 1986), pp. 54-101
Some Observations on the Aesthetics of Primitive Chinese Theatre
Even today, one can see numerous forms of (yuanshi yanjua)* in China, by which I mean ancient forms closely connected with religious ritual that have been preserved in certain remote regions as living fossils, essentially unchanged by modern civilization. These forms almost assuredly predate the mainstream forms of Chinese theatre, which are largely script-dominated. However, although primitive and mainstream forms have existed simultaneously for…
Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Beijing Opera Performance
Before examining the current balance of tradition and innovation in Beijing opera performance, as well as some of the reasons for that balance, a brief review of certain major traditional characteristics of the form seems called for. In terms of both Chinese and international theatrical history, Beijing opera is not an old form. Its genesis did not occur until the end of the 18th century, and it did not emerge as a fully independent, influential …
Listening to Theatre
Listening to Theatre
Xiqu Research and Translation with the Artists in Mind
Since the late 1970s, the single most impelling goal of Chinese society as a whole has been modernization. Modernization not only in science and technology (and, by popular Chinese definition, economics as well), but also in culture and therefore in the performing arts, including theatre. Despite periodic official disavowals, the West has been a major model for modernization-and in theatre, this includes the works of Western theatre artists and t…
Theater and Society
In the late autumn of 1979, as a graduate student living in Nanjing and researching theatre in China, I was taken late one night via a fantastically circuitous route to meet with the playwright Sha Yexin. His play If I Were Real (Jiaru wo shi zhende) had just been banned and he was on his way back to Shanghai from Beijing, his fate highly uncertain. He met with several students and writers in an icy, dark, high-ceilinged room at the top of a grea…
Art (8 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (6 works) · Theatre and Performance Studies (6 works) · China (5 works) · History (5 works) · Visual arts (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Beijing (4 works) · Literature (4 works)