Intended to serve as the basis for a sung, staged production, this is an adaptation of the thirteenth-century zaju play Liu Yi Chuan Shu, which was itself based on an eighth-century fairy tale about a failed examination candidate's rescue of a shepherdess in distress who turns out to be the youngest daughter of the Dragon King of Lake Dongting. The young man's aid is rewarded with riches, immortality, and marriage to the beautiful princess. It is a wish-fulfillment fantasy written with charm and a certain ironical edge. ...
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Intended to serve as the basis for a sung, staged production, this is an adaptation of the thirteenth-century zaju play Liu Yi Chuan Shu, which was itself based on an eighth-century fairy tale about a failed examination candidate's rescue of a shepherdess in distress who turns out to be the youngest daughter of the Dragon King of Lake Dongting. The young man's aid is rewarded with riches, immortality, and marriage to the beautiful princess. It is a wish-fulfillment fantasy written with charm and a certain ironical edge. This adaptation consists of the freely-translated lyrics of the zaju with a new, original dialogue, including an on-stage narrator. It also features an introduction with synopses of the Chinese text of the zaju and of the original story upon which the play was based.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
