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Wonderful
I've been looking all over for this opera, delivery was fast and already read the text twice! Lovely!
Published 16 months ago by Livvie
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Painful
It is painful to read this book. The book itself has no definite structure. The plot is very predictable and rather boring (not to mention it makes very little sense). I would highly suggest that you avoid this Chinese Classic.
Published on November 11, 2003
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Wonderful,
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This review is from: The Peony Pavilion (Paperback)
I've been looking all over for this opera, delivery was fast and already read the text twice! Lovely!
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Great Play, Brilliant Translation,
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This review is from: The Peony Pavilion (Paperback)
Tang Xiansu was a contemporary of Shakespeare (and Cervantes!). His masterpiece, _The Peony Pavilion_, a musical drama in the Kunqu style, is Shakespearean in its literary quality--as translated by Cyril Birch--and super-Shakespearean in its length and scope. Its 55 scenes, playing 20 hours, include all of Shakespeare's genres: romance, history, comedy, tragedy, lyric poetry. A magnificent work and vital theatre as done complete in New York in 1999. Birch's brief intro helps you get into the piece; his short book, "Scenes for Mandarins: The Elite Theater of the Ming" (Columbia University Press), tells more and also introduces other playwrights and plays in his elegant translations.
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Painful,
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This review is from: The Peony Pavilion (Paperback)
It is painful to read this book.The book itself has no definite structure. The plot is very predictable and rather boring (not to mention it makes very little sense). I would highly suggest that you avoid this Chinese Classic. |
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