摘要
A new translation revitalizes a Qing"morality play"about love and corruption for a modern audience清代文人李渔笔下的戏剧人生"All the world’s a stage,"Shakespeare observed in As You Like It.Sixty years later,and half a world away,Chinese playwright Li Yu’s epic drama A Couple of Soles(《比目鱼》)would bring new meaning to the phrase,presenting a world of petty corruption and pure love where seemingly everyone is pretending to be someone else.
