Chronology Entry
Year
1930
Text
Thornton Wilder :
http://brbl-archive.library.yale.edu/exhibitions/orient/mod9.htm.
Thornton Wilder was inspired in 1930 by a New York performance by Mei Lan-fang, a legendary Chinese actor to transpose the Chinese "property man" into the stage manager and stress the minimalist setting of Chinese theater in Our Town.
http://brbl-archive.library.yale.edu/exhibitions/orient/mod9.htm.
Thornton Wilder was inspired in 1930 by a New York performance by Mei Lan-fang, a legendary Chinese actor to transpose the Chinese "property man" into the stage manager and stress the minimalist setting of Chinese theater in Our Town.
Mentioned People (1)
Wilder, Thornton
(Madison, Wisc. 1897-1975 Hamden, Conn.) : Schriftsteller, Dramatiker
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America