Chinese Drama

Chinese Drama- The classical Chinese theater developed during the Yuan dynasty. Springing from story cycles made familiar by professional storytellers, Yuan plays relied for their appeal on romantic or sentimental plots. During the Ming dynasty the drama utilized the plots of popular novels. Until the 19th century Chinese drama was not spoken; it was a mixture of music and declamation. It is frequently infused with sadness, Often involving the deaths of women Chinese drama was …

…play was designed to tell a story and it was enriched in its contents. The foundation of the present-day Kabuki was thus laid in those early days. Because of the all-male cast the best-looking actors naturally come to take the roles of female characters. Even today there are no actresses in a Kabuki play and it remains untouched by modernism. Male players, who are far superior to the actresses of present-day Japan, take all parts.