China’s Greatest Operatic Male Actor of Female Roles: Documenting the Life and Art of Mei Lanfang, 1894-1961

This is the first English language book dealing with the life and art of Mei Lanfang, the greatest actor of the 20th century in China who specialized in female roles in classical Chinese theatre, especially jingju (Beijing or Peking Opera), from Chinese, Western, Russian, and intercultural perspectives as well as Mei Lanfang's own perspective.