Chinese Storytelling Research Database
The Wu Song Project
Genre definition:     Written genres for performance and reading
shumiande biaoyan diben yu duwuxingde zhonglei
書面的表演底本與讀物性的種類
Drama literature
xiju wenxue
戲劇文學
Plays of the Marvellous
chuanqi
傳奇

Di si chu: Chu xiong
第四齣: 除兇

Act Four: Subduing the Beast
Performed by
Stock phrases used in this version of the story:

上 shang enter
下 xia exit, exeunt
淨 jing jing-role
末 mo mo-role
生 sheng sheng-role
丑 chou chou-role
介 jie pose
內 nei backstage
住口 zhu kou stop talking