Cyril Birch Books
Scenes for mandarins
By Cyril Birch
Ming drama represents the classical Chinese theater at its most mature and exquisite. Between 1368 and 1644, more than four hundred playwrights produced over l,500 plays, ranging from one-act skits...
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Mistress and Maid ( I Jiaohong ji I ) by Meng Chengshun
By Cyril Birch, Ch Eng Shun Meng, Chengshun Meng
"Translator Cyril Birch presents a tale regarded as one of the ten greatest tragedies of Chinese drama, available for the first time in English. After her father reneges on her marital pact, Jiania...
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