Theatre · ST10601
Yuan Zaju
Zaju plays by Guan Hanqing, Wang Shifu and others, staged today mostly through Kunqu and other operas.
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Mural guide
On the small stage of a Yuan playhouse a female lead in plain clothes, a cangue on her neck, kneels at the centre and lifts her head to vow as white paper snowflakes begin to fall from above, with a drummer and a flute player at the side.
Yuan-era northern drama of four acts and a single lead singer