Eurasian Theatre: Drama and Performance Between East and West from Classical Antiquity to the Present

Abstract

Preface, by Vicki Ann Cremona by Nicola Savarese - I. THE 'MASCHERA' OF MARCO POLO. The Exotic Myth of Asia from Antiquity to the Renaissance - 1. Asia in Tragedy - 2. Alexander's Dream - 3. Rome looks to the Orient - 4. Mimes and Pantomimes in Rome - 5. Byzantine Interludes - 6. Jugglers in the Han Court - 7. Tang Exoticism - 8. The Students from the Pear Garden - 9. The Fabulous Asia of the Middle Ages - 10. Tartar Clothing for Marco Polo - 11. Morris Dances and Moorish Figures - 12. Theatre in the Court of the Great Khan - 13. Danses Macabres - 14. Byzantine Crossroads - 15. From Constantinople to Istanbul - 16. Costumes from Far--off Countries - 17. The Moor of Venice - 18. The Prisons of Algiers - II. THE SAVAGE HARLEQUIN - Oriental Exoticism in European Theatre between the Sixteenth and Eighteenth Centuries - 1. After the Pepper, the Souls: the Jesuits in Asia - 2. False Brahmins - 3. Christian Indians and Japanese Martyrs - 4. Local Colour - 5. Amorous Turks and Gallant Moors - 6. The Fake Turk - 7. In the Name of the Orient - 8. The Turkish March - 9. Persian Wives and Indian Widows - 10. Arlequin Sauvage - 11. The Silent Merchants - 12. Idle and Vile Profession - 13. The Chinese Fashion - 14. Chinese Shadows - 15. A Fundamental Misunderstanding - 16. The Translations of a Chinese Drama - 17. Voltaire's Edifying Orient - 18. L'Orphelin de la Chine - III. THE REINCARNATION OF SAKUNTALA - Oriental Theatres Between the Enlightenment and Romanticism - 1. The Beginnings of Orientalism - 2. Sakuntala in Europe - 3. Gautier's Ballet - 4. English Entertainments in London - 5. William Jones and His Twenty--Eight Tongues - 6. Sir William Discovers Sakuntala - 7. Theatres in India - 8. English Entertainments in Calcutta - 9. The Playhouse - 10. Mrs. Bristow's Little Theatre - 11. Mr. Lebedev's Theatre - 12. Philology and Anthropology - 13. The Theatres of Bengal - 14. A Street Theatre - 15. The Dances of the Bayaderes - 16. Romanticism and Orientalism - 17. In Search of Origins - 18. The Little Clay Cart - IV. AN EMBLEMATIC PLAY OF MIRRORS - Sada Yacco and Kawakami travel to the West - 1. A Parade on Broadway - 2. Kawakami Otojiro's American Tour - 3. The Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900 - 4. Sada Yacco at the Exhibition - 5. Golden Silk and Flames - 6. A Free Child - 7. The Students' Theatre - 8. From Politics to Theatre - 9. Theatre Artists - 10. The Development of the New Wave - 11. The Second European Tour - 12. The Garden of the Ten Thousand Pine Trees - 13. Kawakami's Last Journey - 14. Sada Yacco Retires from the Stage - 15. Three Continents - 16. The Authority of Apparent Experience - 17. The Science of Theatre - 18. Spider webs - V. THE MOBILE ACADEMY - Little Crossroads at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century - 1. A Lantern and a Bell - 2. The Discovery of Hanako - 3. The Various Talents of an Impresario - 4. Hanako Discovers She is an Actress - 5. Cambodian Dances - 6. Rodin's Last Works - 7. Rodin and the New Dance - 8. The King of Cambodia's Dancers - 9. The Great Resources - 10. Pioneers of the Rules - 11. The Rediscovered Dance - 12. Hanako Meets Rodin - 13. The Artist and the Model - 14. Passages - 15. The Dance of Shiva - 16. Hanako's Travels - 17. Some Notes on Realism in the Arts - 18. Provisional Conclusions - VI. THE TRADITION OF DIFFERENCE - Myth and History of Oriental Theatres in the Twentieth Century - 1. The Dialectic of Exoticism - 2. More About the World Exhibitions - 3. Attractions Large and Small - 4. Javanese Shadows - 5. Marionettes on the Banks of the Ganges - 6. The Invention of Tradition - 7. The Destinies of no - 8. At the Hawk's Well - 9. Zeami's writings - 10. The Magic Pillow - 11. Kabuki in Pigalle - 12. Artaud Sees Balinese Theatre - 13. Stylization or Biomechanics? - 14. Hear the Movement, See the Sound - 15. Wind from the East - 16. The Lesson of the Far East - 17. To Heal a Wound - 18. Borderless Performances - Bibliography Index

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