Name Wang Shifu Role Playwright | Died 1307, China | |
Plays The Story of the Western Wing Movies Romance of the Western Chamber Books West Wing: China's Most Famous Drama Similar People Tang Xianzu, Wilt L Idema, Francis Lee, Karen Mok, Lai Man‑Wai | ||
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Wang Shifu (Chinese: 王实甫; pinyin: Wáng Shífǔ), courtesy name of Wang Dexin (1250-1337?), was a successful Chinese playwright of the Yuan Dynasty. He was born in Dadu (present-day Beijing), the capital of the Mongol-Yuan Dynasty.
There are 14 plays attributed to Wang and only three are extant. His The Story of the Western Wing (Xi Xiang Ji) is one of the most famous Chinese plays and is still popular today. It is an amplified zaju (杂剧), a then popular theatrical form.
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