Asian Drama
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...formlessness of Chinese plays, as, for example, Hung...Eternal Youth (1688), a play in 49 scenes without any...drunk. In Chinese drama no attempt is made at realism...mood. Performances of No plays are highly stylized...into an hour-long stage play. Such performances integrate...into a unity in which no single element dominates...