英文摘要
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This essay discusses the Story of the Western Wing in the Qing palace. First we list the evolution of the repertoire and find that it was mostly brought from the public to the palace by civil actors. The transmission of repertoire was often unclear, and it did contain dramas rarely seen in the public, due to the unique situation of the Qing palace. Then we inspect the value and features of the scripts in the Qing palace; analyze the reason of the revision to one-act plays. We summarize that the versions of the court operas in the Qing dynasty had important features such as a single title with different versions of scripts, preservation of the one-act play called the Northern Western Wing and the fact that the dialogue had reflected or led the evolution from the Qianlong (1736-1795) period to the early Republic of China. Finally, we explore the performance of the Story of the Western Wing in the Qing palace in performance venues and forms, places and duration, arrangement of titles, rehearsal as well as the guidance and rewards from the Emperor and Empress. We uncover the mystery of the court operas in the Qing dynasty through the long enduring opera Story of the Western Wing.
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