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Playing the Fool in Lear and Peking Opera
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Playing the Fool in Lear and Peking Opera

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In an excerpt from The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear, author Nan Z. Da looks at the role of the Fool in Shakespeare’s King Lear and the Chou in Peking Opera.