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The Orphan of Zhao (The Royal Shakespeare Company, Britain)/《赵氏孤儿》（英国皇家莎士比亚剧团）

Citation

Li, Siyuan and Li, Ruru, Staging China Research Network, Royal Shakespeare Company (2017) The Orphan of Zhao (The Royal Shakespeare Company, Britain)/《赵氏孤儿》（英国皇家莎士比亚剧团）. University of Leeds. [Dataset] https://doi.org/10.5518/289

This item is part of the 'The Orphan of Zhao | 《赵氏孤儿》' subcollection, within the Staging China collection.

Dataset description

This data consist of 11 productions of The Orphan of Zhao created by practitioners from four countries – China, Nigeria, Korea and Britain – and spans a range of theatrical genres: Chinese regional operas; spoken drama and Chinese opera in the Western style as well as dramas in Korean and in English (works by Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria and by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Britain). Viewers can find the introduction to each of the productions, including the information about the particular genre of each stage work. There are also still images and clips of videos; some production links include critical reviews. These diverse productions not only retell an ancient story of an orphan in China, but also enlighten us about the intriguing fluidity and continuity of human culture.

这个《赵氏孤儿》资料群包括11部不同的《赵氏孤儿》作品，分别来自四个国家：中国、韩国、尼日利亚和英国。这里既有中国的戏曲、话剧和歌剧作品，也有韩语和英语的作品（尼日利亚贝洛大学戏剧部和英国皇家莎士比亚剧团的演出）。资料群为浏览者提供了每个作品的介绍包括该作品所采用的剧种。每部作品都有照片，有些包括录像片断和评论文章，这些各有特色的作品不仅重新讲述了一个中国孤儿的故事，而且也使我们看到人类文化中引人入胜的流动和延续的特质。

Additional information:

© Royal Shakespeare Company - This data is made available for non-commercial research and educational use only. Under the terms of Equity licencing, the audio-visual data related to this production was removed in 2022. The full fixed camera recordings of this productions can be viewed in person at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Reading Room in Stratford-upon-Avon for research purposes. More information about the reading room can be found here: https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/visit/plan-your-visit/reading-room/

Keywords:

drama (English)

Subjects:

W000 - Creative arts & design > W400 - Drama > W470 - Performance & live arts > W471 - European/world theatre arts
T000 - Eastern, Asiatic, African, American & Australasian languages, literature & related subjects > T100 - Chinese studies > T130 - Chinese society & culture studies

Divisions:

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures > School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Related resources:

Location	Type
https://doi.org/10.5518/278	Dataset
https://chinesetheatre.leeds.ac.uk/productions/12	Website

Citation:

Staging China Research Network (2017) The Orphan of Zhao (The Royal Shakespeare Company, Britain)/《赵氏孤儿》（英国皇家莎士比亚剧团）. [Dataset]

Date deposited:

02 Oct 2017 10:28

URI:

https://archive.researchdata.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/262

Additional details

Creators or authors:

Creators	ORCID	Other ID	Email	Primary affiliation	Primary affiliation ID	Primary affiliation ID type	Secondary affiliation	Secondary affiliation ID	Secondary affiliation ID type
Li, Siyuan	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9095-1886			University of Leeds	https://ror.org/024mrxd33	ror
Li, Ruru	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4765-3303			University of Leeds	https://ror.org/024mrxd33	ror

Corporate creators:

Staging China Research Network, Royal Shakespeare Company

Type of data:

Dataset

Contributors:

Contribution	Name	ORCID	Other ID	Email	Primary affiliation	Primary affiliation ID	Primary affiliation ID type	Secondary affiliation	Secondary affiliation ID	Secondary affiliation ID type
Other	Fenton, James
Other	Doran, Gregory
Other	Turner, Niki
Performer	Avis, Jeremy
Performer	Ventura, Stephen
Performer	Dixon, Joe
Performer	Whitchurch, Philip
Performer	Romer, Patrick
Performer	Tucker, James
Performer	Hutchinson, Lloyd
Performer	Aubrey, Matthew
Producer	Burton, Adam
Performer	Kerkour, Youssef
Performer	Li, Siu Hun
Performer	Iyiola, Joan
Performer	Briggs-Owen, Lucy
Performer	Momoko Hingley, Susan
Performer	Turner, Graham
Performer	Gwynne, Nia
Performer	Fairbrother, Jake
Performer	Hoi, Chris Lew Kum