Performers
Dramatists and Directors
Creators who wrote plays, directed productions and choreographed dance
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In a workshop, one person sits with their back turned at a long table, pointing a thin rod at a model stage with painted scenery; scripts bound in cord and a brush pot lie in the foreground, a ring of white dots marks the floor, and two drums and hanging cloths stand at the right.
Dramatists and directors are creators who wrote scripts, directed productions and arranged dance, including playwrights and directors of traditional opera and spoken drama, and choreographers. Their achievement shows in scripts, productions and the growth of theatre forms. They differ from stage performers in creating and organising performances rather than appearing in them, and from writers in writing their scripts for the stage.
People in this role
- Lv Cai606–665 CE
- Liang Chenyuc. 1519 – c. 1592 CE (dates disputed)
- Xu Wei1521 - 1593
- Zhang Zhao1691 CE–1745 CE
- Li Fanggui1748 CE–1810 CE
- Luosang Tudeng JiacuoDates unknown; created the Guangzong Monastery cham between 1764 and 1778
- Shi Linghe1906 CE–1995 CE
- Shi Dianyuan1863 CE–1948 CE
- Cheng Zhaocai1874 CE–1929 CE
- Qi Rushan1877 (some sources 1875)–1962
- Ouyang Yuqian1889 CE–1962 CE
- Li Jinhui1891 CE–1967 CE
- Tang Huaiqiu1898–1954
- Weng Ouhong1908–1994
- Shao Jianghai1913 CE–1980 CE
- Chen Renjian1913–1995
- Liu Meicun1914–1977
- Ruan Zhangjing1914–2000
- Dai Ailian1916 CE–2006 CE
- Tang Disheng1917 CE–1959 CE
- Chen Xianzhang1917–2000
- Wu Zuguang1917–2003
- Li Shaochun1919 CE–1975 CE
- Wang Dahua1919–1946 CE
- Wen Mu1919–1995
No people in this role for that dynasty.