Life on the Stage
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Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- General readers interested in stage arts such as song and dance, spoken drama, and crosstalk
- Students of theater, film, music, and dance seeking supplementary extracurricular reading
- Community and campus cultural organizers in need of material for arts activities
- Middle-aged and older readers who enjoy artists' memoirs and behind-the-scenes stories
Not a good fit for
- Professional researchers seeking systematic art history or performance theory textbooks
- Readers interested only in current popular stage forms and little in historical context
- Those who prefer complete full-length biographies over short selections
Reading tips
- Read by art category: start with the category you know best, then expand to other stage forms.
- When you come across a specific play or comic routine, look up related audio or video for comparison to enhance the sense of presence.
- After each piece, note in one sentence the relationship between the artist and the era to build material for discussions of arts history.
- Suitable for bedtime or commute reading, one or two pieces at a time; no need to read in order.
About the publisher
China Culture and History Press has long devoted itself to modern and contemporary literature and culture-and-history reading matter, with publishing directions centered on classic works, social novels, prose and miscellaneous writings, and Eastern philosophy, alongside culture-and-history periodicals such as Zongheng. Among the more than 1,500 titles in the collection, representative books include Zhang Henshui's Ti Xiao Yin Yuan, Lu Xun's Complete Classic Works (10 volumes) and Wild Grass, and Lao She's Four Generations Under One Roof series and the boxed set of Lao She's Classic Works (10 volumes), while its author resources are concentrated on figures such as Zhang Henshui, Lu Xun, Lao She and Sima Qian. Its publishing character lies in solid editorial work on culture-and-history source texts and in issuing famous authors' works in sets, balancing the readability of individual texts with the systematic presentation of complete collections for focused reading and collecting. Beyond these directions, public information on the press's contemporary original publishing is limited, so it is not elaborated here.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 《纵横精华》编辑委员会
- 我的艺术人生
- 怀念伯父时乐濛
- 谱写《义勇军进行曲》的人
- 光未然与《黄河大合唱》
- 唱响《到敌人后方去》的赵启海
- 王洛宾：半生荣辱一支歌
- 一首歌的浮沉——歌曲《跟着共产党走》的历程
- 戴爱莲归国首演《思乡曲》
- 他是人民的知音 人民是他的知音——怀念音乐家劫夫
- 我的音乐人生
- “我的音乐与生命同在”——记《大海航行靠舵手》的曲作者王双印
- 王次炤：从知青到中央音乐学院院长
- 赵朴初先生的诗词曲
- “生正逢时”——吴祖光
- 春过也，共惜艳阳年——忆北京人艺建院之初
- 听苏民谈戏剧与人生
- 难以忘怀的憾事——记童超的艺术道路
- 戏剧工作者眼中的田汉
- “英大学问”——记北京人民艺术剧院的“文化使者”英若诚
- 纯粹的艺术家孙维世
- 黄宗洛的小角色与大人生
- 深丛隐孤秀，犹得奉清觞——怀念焦菊隐先生
- 菊隐剧场寻故
- 方掬芬：不沉湖上菱花香
- 马三立自述
- 侯宝林在密云
- “美猴王”修炼记
- 冯英：第二代“白天鹅”的无悔人生
- 参加音乐舞蹈史诗《东方红》演出片断
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About the author
Liu Weiming is the president of China Culture and History Press and the producer of Caixin Weekly. He is a leading talent in China's news and publishing industry and receives a special government allowance. He previously served as Party secretary and editor-in-chief of the People's Political Consultative Daily, and as standing director and secretary-general of the China Economic and Social Council. Long engaged in news, publishing, and the dissemination of cultural history, he has edited series such as "A Century of Chinese Memory." His works in the library focus on biography and documentary literature, covering modern education, industry, and urban memory, including titles on Cai Yuanpei, Fan Xudong, Liu Hongsheng, and Mu Ouchu, the "My 1949" city series, and "The Family Traditions of Great Masters." Drawing on historical sources, his writing combines personal stories with their historical context in plain, readable prose. Public information about his life remains limited.
Publicly available personal information about Liu Jian is relatively limited, and what is known comes mainly from works published under this name. The collection includes twelve of his titles, spanning foreign literature, biography, film and television theory, documentary writing, and history. In literature, he has taken part in translating modern and contemporary Japanese works such as The Story of Shunkin, Dogura Magura, The Wind Rises and Naoko, and Kokoro, which touch on themes of love, psychology, and growth. His original writing appears in titles on social welfare and national development, stage life, craftsmanship, and historical observation, focusing respectively on social and cultural questions, the performing arts, artisanship, and history. Overall, his work combines translation with original writing, covers a wide range of subjects, and emphasizes the connection between people and their times, with a documentary and informative narrative style.
