A Study On The Adaptation Of Kun Opera In

This paper discuss the Kunqu opera adaptation of Shengpingshu as for the research object. Through comparative study on Kunqu opera adaptation of the court and folk, to discuss the rationality of Shengpingshu rewriter.By comparing the folk play and the court play, to investigate the court audiences’ aesthetic view, then to investigate how the court audiences choose and transformation the Kunqu opera adaptation from the folk.This first chapter of this paper is survey, to introduce the overall situation of the Kunqu opera adaptation perform in the court of Qing dynasty, and statistics all kind of data about the Kunqu opera adaptation, to discuss the aesthetic tendency of royalty viewer, analysis the origin of Kunqu opera adaptation, and introduce the selected works of opera,analysis some rare Kunqu opera adaptations works in Shengpingshu.The second chapter of this paper collates and analyzes the the source of kunqu zhezixi version. Through some obvious prompt,for example,some plays mark that written by outside, comparing with other vision of Kunqu opera adaptation from folk, to analysis the process how they to rewrite.especially there has a copy named Zengma, this play book keep the trace of modification, we can use these materials for analysis, to explore the inheritance relationship between them.The third chapter of this paper, discuss the rationality of Shengpingshu’ rewrite.As a office that manage and play opera to the the royal family in Qing dynasty, Shengpingshu’rewriters are more familiar with the opera than the rewriter in the folk,so their rewrite better than their peer in the folk,for example,delete some lengthy plot, and refined language, and so on. All of theses reasonable modifications, are a kind of reference on the drama creation.The fourth chapter, discuss the role play in the Kunqu opera adaptation and the Quci’rewrite in the kunqu opera adaptation,mainly compare the source opera, the folk script and the court script, to analysis their difference, to investigate this role playing system is mature or immature. In the second quarter,discuss how they rewrite the Quci of Kunqu opera adaptation from folk.The fifth chapter of this paper,discuss the drama costumes that was writed in a book name Chuangdaitigang. Through the comparisiong with Shenyinjiangulu, to investigate the similarities and differences of them.In the second quarter of the chapter, focus on some plays,for example,Houqin,Cihu, by comparing both action tips, to investiege what they pay attentions to in the stage.In the last chapter, the Kunqu opera adaptation and the local opera.,both have lots of scripts that have a same name,and to discuss the differences of them,we can know how they influence each other.Conclusion,makes a brief summery to the full article.