1616

Foreword by Wilt L. Idema, Harvard University

Introduction by Tian Yuan Tan, Paul Edmondson, Shih-pe Wang

1) Setting the Scene: Playwrights and Localities
- Yongming Xu, âThe Backdrop of Regional Theatre to Tang Xianzuâs Dramaâ
- Paul Edmondson, âStratford-upon-Avon: 1616â

2) Classics, Tastes, and Popularity
- Wei Hua, âThe âPopular Turnâin the Elite Theatre of the Ming after Tang Xianzu: Love, Dream, and Deaths in The Tale of the West Loftâ
- Nick Walton, âBlockbusters and Popular Storiesâ

3) Making History
- Ayling Wang, âShishiju as Public Forum: The Crying Phoenix and the Dramatization of Current Political Affairs in Late Ming Chinaâ
- Helen Cooper, âDramatizing the Tudorsâ

4) The State and the Theatre
- Tian Yuan Tan, âSixty Plays from the Ming Palace, 1615-1618â
- Janet Clare, âLicensing the Kingâs Men: From Court Revels to Public Performanceâ

5) The Transmission of Dramatic Texts and Printing
- Stephen H. West, âTired, Sick, and Looking for Money: Zang Maoxun in 1616â
- Jason Scott-Warren, âStatus Anxiety: Arguing about Plays and Print in Early Modern Londonâ

6) Dramatic Authorship and Collaboration
- Patricia Sieber, âIs There a Playwright in This Text? The 1610s and the Consolidation of Dramatic Authorship in Late Ming Print Cultureâ
- Peter Kirwan, ââMay I subscribe a name?â: Terms of Collaboration in 1616â

7) Audiences, Critics, and Reception
- Shih-pe Wang, âRevising Peony Pavilion: Audience Reception in Presenting Tang Xianzuâs Textâ
- Anjna Chouhan, ââNo epilogue, I pray youâ: Audience Reception in Shakespearian Theatreâ

8) Music and Performance
- Mei Sun, âSeeking the Relics of Music and Performance: An Investigation of Chinese Theatrical Scenes Published in the Early Seventeenth Century (1606â"1616)â
- David Lindley, âMusic in the English theatre of 1616â

9) Theatre in Theory and Practice
- Regina Llamas, âXu Weiâs A Record of Southern Drama: The Idea of a Theatre at the Turn of Seventeenth-Century Chinaâ
- Will Tosh, âTaking Cover: 1616 and the Move Indoorsâ

10) Theatre across Genres and Cultures
- Xiaoqiao Ling, âElite Drama Readership Staged in Vernacular Fiction: The Western Wing and The Retrieved History of Hailingâ
- Kate McLuskie, ââThere be salmons in bothâ: Models of Connection for Seventeenth-Century English and Chinese Dramaâ

Afterword by Stanley Wells, CBE, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Notes on Contributors

List of Cited Works