Chapter One Introduction

1.1 Literature Review of International Beckett Criticism

1.2 Literature Review of Chinese Beckett Criticism

Chapter Two Theorizing Chinese Beckett Performance

2.1 Boundary Crossing:Beckett as Cultural Translation

2.2 "Other"Becketts in Intercultural Theater

2.3 Acting Beckett from the Marginal

Chapter Three Political Beckett:First Trials

3.1 Icebreaker:Gao Xingjian and Chezhan

3.2 Meng Jinghui:Angry Young Men Waiting for Godot

3.3 The Premature Godot:Premiere of Theater Quarterly

Chapter Four Beckett as Postmodern Laboratory

4.1 The Waiting of Three Sisters:A Chan Collage

4.2 "Mo lei tau"Beckett:What if Godot Comes？

4.3 Moveable Feast:Beckett in Ancient Chinese Gardens

Chapter Five Gendered Beckett in Consumerism Culture

5.1 Only Bored Women Waiting for Godot？

5.2 "Hard Man"and Woman Godot

5.3 Minnan Endgame:Gendered Consumption

Chapter Six Co-produced Beckett:Negotiating"Authority"

6.1 "Beckett Workshop"as Empowering Site

6.2 Western Experience:Enlightenment or Domination in Disguise

Chapter Seven Can the Indigenous Act Back？

7.1 Performing Beckett,Reforming Jingju

7.2 Beckett Danced on Chinese Stage

7.3 Dialogue with the Masters

Conclusion

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