Selected plays of Stan Lai. Volume 1 : Secret love in peach blossom land and other plays

These volumes feature works from across Lai's career, providing an exceptional selection of a diverse range of performances. Volume One contains: Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land Look Who's Crosstalking Tonight The Island and the Other Shore I Me She Him Ménage à 13 'Stan Lai (Lai Shengchuan) is one of the most celebrated theatre practitioners working in the Chinese-speaking world. His work over three decades has pioneered the course of modern Chinese language theatre in Taiwan, China, and other Chinese speaking regions. "The preeminent Chinese playwright and stage director of this generation." (China Daily) "The best Chinese language playwright and director in the world." (BBC) Lai's works include masterpieces of the modern Chinese language theatre such as Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land, The Village, and his epic 8-hour A Dream Like A Dream, all of which are in this collection.'--Publisher description Contents Foreword, by Robert Brustein General Introduction, by Tao Qingmei How I Wright Plays How I Translate My Own Plays Introduction to Volume 1, by Tao Qingmei Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land Look Who’s Crosstalking Tonight The Island and the Other Shore I Me She Him Ménage à 13 On the Contributors On Lissa Tyler Renaud On Stan Lai Bringing the iconic plays of Stan Lai to an English-language readership