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“Yet a Stranger in the World”: The Poetics of Love in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1597) and Tang Xianzu’s The Peony Pavilion (1598)

ABSTRACT Sinologist Andrew Lam once presented The Peony Pavilion (Mudan Ting,《牡丹亭》) as “Romeo and Juliet of the East.” Tang Xianzu also mentioned “Four dreams in my life, I am only satisfied with The Peony Pavilion.” Although The Peony Pavilion is not as well-known as Romeo and Juliet worldwide, its cultural imprint is noticeable in its adaptations. Sinologist Cyril Birch takes it as the best work of lyricism i…

picked 11 Aug 2026

Reference · Wikidata

theatrical adaptation

play adapted from work in another medium or from another play

picked 14 Aug 2026

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Theatrical adaptation

In a theatrical adaptation, material from another artistic medium, such as a novel or a film is re-written according to the needs and requirements of the theatre and turned into a play or musical.

picked 13 Aug 2026

Book · DOAB

Shakespeare and Seriality

Encompassing a wide variety of genres, media and art forms across a broad historical scope, this open access book identifies central strategies of serialization in Shakespeare’s plays and their adaptations. Beginning with an introduction that theorizes the method of reading Shakespeare serially on page, stage and screen, the first section investigates Shakespeare himself as a serial writer and serial rewritings of S…

picked 13 Aug 2026

Full text · Open Library

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Три сестры: Драма в четырёх действиях

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picked 13 Aug 2026
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