Questioning Shakespeare’s Authorship
The Interpretation and Misinterpretation of the Verfremdungs effect on the Modern Xiqu Stage
Lin Chen* Abstract: Criticizing the “culinary theatre”[1] of his age, Brecht elaborated on the epic theatre and the Verfremdungseffect (V-effect), and constructively interpreted/misinterpreted Mei Lanfang’s jingju performance to back up his idea. Since the 1980s, xiqu[2] performances that interweave different