(1937) by Lin Jianwu Under Shanghai Eaves (1937) by Xia Yan Return on a Snowy Night (1942) by Wu Zuguang Teahouse (1958) by Lao She Guan Hanqing (1958) by Tian Han The Young Generation (1965) by Chen Yun The Legend of the Red Lantern (Cultural Revolution era) Bus Stop (1983) by Gao Xingjian Metamorphosis (1986) by Anthony Chan (Hong Kong play) Crown Ourselves with Roses (1988) by Joanne Chan Wilderness and Man (1988) by Li Longyun Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land by Stan Lai (Taiwanese work) Geologists (1995) by Yang Limin Che Guevara (2000) by Huang Jisu, Zhang Guantian, and Shen Lin This book includes the first-ever English versions of A Wasp, Che Guevara, and Geologists. The 2014 paperback version, described as an "Abridged Edition", includes 13 plays: The Main Event in Life, The Night the Tiger Was Caught, After Returning Home, A Wasp, Breaking Out of Ghost Pagoda, Thunderstorm, Under Shanghai Eaves, Teahouse, Guan Hanqing, The Young Generation, The Legend of the Red Lantern, Bus Stop, and Sha Yexin's Jiang Qing and Her Husbands (1990). Reception Wetmore referred to Chen's statement in the introduction, her desire that the book "will inspire other scholars, students, and general readers to explore the richness of Chinese theatre", and wrote himself that he "hopes it will, too, and believes it can." Wetmore added that the English translations "read well and also perform well" and that "speaking as both a teacher and director of Asian theatre these translations are eminently playable in English." Wetmore was unable to read or speak Mandarin or Cantonese, so therefore he chose not to comment on any accuracy of the translations. Wetmore advocated for the release of a softcover version that may be more economical for individual students. Faye Chunfang Fei, Professor of English and Drama at East China Normal University, referred to the anthology as "by far the most monumental attempt to bring together dramatic texts of China's modern huaju in English translation." Fei said notable works by Guo Shixing and Sha Yexin are excluded, but still stated that "Chen's selection is excellent". Reviewing the abridged edition, Xing Fan of University of Toronto wrote that "the thirteen plays offer the reader a nuanced, rich, and dynamic picture of modern Chinese drama: they [...] embrace both those of enduring popularity and the rarely staged, lesser known, and they comprise a variety of" genres. The reviewer also praised the