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Chinese Opera: The Actor's Craft

Siu Wang-Ngai

Print publication date: 2013

Print ISBN-13: 9789888208265

Published to Hong Kong Scholarship Online: September 2014

DOI: 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208265.001.0001

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Using Weapons and Skills for Stage Fighting

Using Weapons and Skills for Stage Fighting

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(p.93) Chapter 4 Using Weapons and Skills for Stage Fighting
Source:
Chinese Opera
Author(s):

Siu Wang-Ngai

Peter Lovrick

Publisher:
Hong Kong University Press
DOI:10.5790/hongkong/9789888208265.003.0004

This chapter outlines fighting skills and the use of various weapons in stage battles. These weapons include spears, swords, polearms, maces, and bows and arrows.

Keywords:   Stage weapons, Spear, Mace, Quarterstaff, Polearm, Sword, Sabre, Bow and Arrow, Special Weapons, Chinese Opera

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