A preliminary exploration of the cross-cultural production, performance and dissemination models of contemporary Chinese adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays (1990-2020)

Abstract

The cross-cultural performance of Chinese adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays abroad has gone through two stages: the ‘introduction’ of Shakespeare’s plays and the ‘going out’ of Chinese adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays. The paper aims to analyse the correlation between the two stages. By analysing the process of initiation, dissemination and reception of Chinese adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays [see Table 1], which have been invited to perform abroad for many times and have attracted a certain level of response from Western society, the paper attempts to build a network model for the performance and dissemination of Chinese cross-cultural theatre works carrying traditional Chinese culture in the West.