Plays of the classical stages of Japan and China, such as kabuki dance-drama and the Ming dynasty romance of the Peony Pavilion. A work belongs here when the cited article names kabuki, Noh or a classical Chinese play. Kabuki combines dance, music and stylized acting for a popular audience, while the Chinese romance is a long sung drama of the Ming dynasty. Both are still performed today in traditional and modern stagings. It excludes the plays of Western theatre and the tragedies of the ancient world.
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Kanjinchō (Wikipedia)
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Kanjinchō (勧進帳, The Subscription List) is a kabuki dance-drama by Namiki Gohei III, based on the Noh play Ataka.
The Peony Pavilion (Wikipedia)
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The Peony Pavilion (Chinese: 牡丹亭; pinyin: Mǔdān tíng; Wade-Giles: Mu-tan t'ing), also named The Return of Soul at the Peony Pavilion, is a romantic tragicomedy play written by dramatist Tang Xianzu in 1598.
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