Ssu Fan (8 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. 1972 printing.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 156 pp, 8.5-in tall, photographs and drawings.Two plays: "Longing for Worldly Pleasures" by Ssu Fan and "Fifteen Strings of Cash" by Shih Wu Kuan.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A very good copy of the softcover edition of Volume 2 only. Previous owner's name in ink inside front cover, else the text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding is bright and fresh in appearance, with no creasing to the spine. Plays are" Longing for Worldlt Pleasures, and Fifteen Strings of Cash. A sharp copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 156 pages. Ex-university library marks. Light wear and yellowing; a good solid binding. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literary Classics; ISBN: 0299053709. ISBN/EAN: 9780299053703. Inventory No: 213994.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Second volume only (of three) collecting and explicating Chinese dramatic forms; here, the two plays are from the lyrical k'un-ch'ü or K'unshan school, which preceded and was nearly completely replaced by the 'Peking' school. In this form, standard melodic themes indicate moods & situations, and the plays are coordinated in movement, gesture, & song, with characters conforming to set archtypes. Longing for Worldly Pleasures is a complex monologue, requiring an actor of extreme skill, portraying the lament of a young but aging Buddhist nun on her life; Fifteen Strings of Cash "is a comic murder mystery satirizing bureaucratic ineptitude in the administration of justice." Includes extensive set & costume notes, stage directions, historic context. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, minor bump to base of spine; jacket is slightly off-center, with minor edgewear, light creasing. Text clean; xvi, 156 pages; index, illustrations (mostly of costumes), b/w plates, mostly of a 1956 Beijing performance of Fifteen Strings. Size: Octavo. …

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