| 单词 | teahouse play |
| 释义 | > as lemmasteahouse play teahouse play n. historical (in China) a type of dramatic performance in which the actors mingle, unidentified as such at first, amongst the patrons of a teahouse, and giving the impression that the action of the drama takes place within the teahouse itself. [After Chinese cháguǎnjù (a1954 in the passage translated in quot. 1959; < cháguǎn tea house + jù drama); compare also cháguǎnxì ( < cháguǎn tea house + xì theatre); both terms are apparently uncommon.] ΚΠ 1959 Chang Hsing-lien et al. tr. Ting Yi Short Hist. Mod. Chinese Lit. x. 221 In the rear areas, there were other dramatic forms akin to the ‘street play’, such as the ‘tea-house play’, ‘demonstration play’ and the ‘lantern play’. 2015 Mod. Chinese Lit. & Culture 27 286 The teahouse plays..arranged the actors among teahouse clients and tried to catch the audience unawares by starting casual conversations with them. < as lemmas |
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