Chinese Storytelling Research Database 
Genre definition:     Oral Performances
koutou biaoyan
口頭表演
Drama performances
xiju
戲劇
Local opera
difang ju
地方劇
Yangzhou opera
Yangju
揚劇





Wu Dalang zhui qi
武大郎追妻


Wu the Elder pursues his wife
Performed by Wu Jinshun, Dai Junru e.a. 吳今舜﹐ 戴俊茹 等
Audio cassette recorded by China Record Co.﹐ Shanghai
Private collection of Vibeke Børdahl
Recorded on 06-1991 : Yangzhou (?)
Published by: China Record Co., Shanghai
Performance of Yangzhou opera, Yangju. Commercial cassette 1992, with text inserted into the cover, adapted by Wei Ren, musical accompaniment by Yangzhou opera orchestra, Yangjutuan yuedui. The text found in Wei Ren: Yangzhou xi kao, 1999, is longer and more developed than that on the cover of the cassette, but basically the words of the cassette represent a selection from the version in Wei Ren 1999.
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