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Shih-I Hsiung - A Glorious Showman (Hardcover)
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Shih-I Hsiung - A Glorious Showman (Hardcover)
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In 1933, Shih-I Hsiung (1902-1991), a student from China, met with
Allardyce Nicoll, a Shakespearean scholar at the University of
London, to discuss his Ph.D. study in English drama. After learning
about Hsiung's interest and background, Nicoll suggested that he
should consider studying Chinese drama for his dissertation or
writing a play of a Chinese subject instead. Hsiung took the advice
to heart and set out to write Lady Precious Stream, a play based on
a classical Beijing opera. In six weeks, the writing was completed;
six months later, the manuscript was accepted for publication by
Methuen; and not long after, Little Theater in London agreed to
produce the play, which ran for 900 successive shows. The
phenomenal success turned Hsiung into stardom all at once: he
became the first Chinese to write and direct a West End play in
England; in 1936, the play had its Broadway premiere and subsequent
performances in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, and other U.S. cities;
and it has been produced and staged in Europe, America, South
America, Africa, Asia, and Australia ever since. Following the
success of Lady PreciousStream, Hsiung translated into English the
Chinese classic The Romance of the Western Chamber; in addition, he
wrote the play The Professor from Peking, the novel The Bridge of
Heaven, and the biography The Life of Chiang Kai-shek, all in
English. Shih-I Hsiung: A Glorious Showman unfolds the
transnational and transcultural life experience of an extraordinary
showman: a literary master, a theatre man, and a social actor bold
and impassioned on socio-cultural stages. Hsiung introduced English
and American literature to readers in China through his translation
works in the 1920s and 1930s. Since1933, he began writing in
English for audiences not familiar with the Chinese culture. His
works were known for their originality, humor, and a deep sense of
cultural and historical engagement. Later in his life when he was
residing in Hong Kong, he was devoted to education and was also
active in Chinese literary and theatre circles.
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