Establishment of Drama Orientation

"This book mainly studies the conditions and researches of Chinese traditional drama in the 1920s and 1930s. Considering drama as a comprehensive stage art, it attaches special importance to restoring historical scenes and therefore mainly introduces the drama journals and monographs published in that historical period. In particular, the author delivers an insightful view about the evolution of the connotation of the "national drama" and "drama". Scholars and readers who are interested in the connotation and the whole story of the "national drama" concept will find this book informative and beneficial"--