THTR 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Guan Hanqing
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One of the most revered playwrights in chinese theatre history. Snow in midsummer is one of the most frequently performed plays and adapted works of chinese theatre. Chinese to english translation is not the best. Since there is no set, the audio has to cover some of the description of the set. We get information about the character, place and time setting. (3. 145-148) Expresses some of the points of the vows made by dou e. The relationship between singing style and its content. The style gives key info to the characters significance. The main character sings the main lyrics to the story. Other characters speak of other lines that give information about the plot (2. 145-) The more important the character, the more lines. The less important, lesser lines to just hint at plot points. From this we can get a fair amount of emotional feelings towards the main character and a little bit towards the other main characters.
