Selected Plays of Guan Hanqing 1: Echo of Classics

Chinese Title: 关汉卿杂剧选1
Title: Selected Plays of Guan Hanqing 1 -- Echo of Classics
ISBN: 9787119028910
Edition: Chinese-English
Publishing Date: 2002-01
Author: Guan Hanqing
Publishing House: Foreign Languages Press
Format: 32
Cover: P
Page: 267pp

Introduction:
Containing eight plays by the magnificent Guan Hanqing, the "Shakespeare of China." Hanqing lived in the 13th century, at the height of the Yuan Dynasty. An actor himself, he is said to have written more than 60 plays for the traveling theater groups which flourished on the mainland in those days. His works concerned history, deception, treachery, men, women, and the abuse of official power. Also of note are the powerful and resourceful women he gives in such comedies as "Rescued by a Coquette," the portrayals of middle-class life back then, and not a bit of bawdy humor.