On 10 July 2016, the Chinese Kunqu (昆曲) performer SHEN Yili (沈昳麗) gave a talk on the works of Tang Xianzu (湯顯祖), a world-renowned Chinese playwright of the Ming Dynasty, as part of the Global China Studies Lecture Series.

Ms Shen shared with the audience her love of and passion for Kunqu opera. She provided an introduction to Tang’s Four Dreams (臨川四夢) series, which weaves together the love stories of three female leads. Ms Shen also performed live a scene from The Peony Pavilion (牡丹亭), which concluded the lecture on a perfect note.

Cover photo: Ms Shen YIli delivered a talk on the plays by Tang Xianzu

Photo 2: The speaker Shen Yili (left 4) and some other guests.

Photo 3: A live performance by Ms Shen of a scene taken from The Peony Paviion (牡丹亭).

For more information about Global China Studies, please visit http://www.cityu.edu.hk/CLASS/GCS.