| | | List of Figures | | |
| | | Preface | | |
| | | Introduction: From Three Photographs | | 1 |
| Ch. 1 | | Shakespeare in China: Between His First Arrival and the Cultural Revolution | | 11 |
| Ch. 2 | | Orthodox Presentations in Chinese Eyes: Much Ado About Nothing (1957, revival: 1961 & 1979); Macbeth (1980) | | 53 |
| Ch. 3 | | Rebels Against the Classics: Hamlet (1989, 1990 & 1994); Othello (1994) | | 83 |
| Ch. 4 | | The Chinese Faces of Shakespeare: Blood-stained Hands (Xie shou ji)/Macbeth (1986); Looking for Trouble (Wushishengfei)/Much Ado About Nothing (1986); The Princes Revenge (Wangzi fuchou ji)/Hamlet (1994) | | 109 |
| Ch. 5 | | Keeping Shakespeare in the Original Sauce: Twelfth Night (Di shier ye, 1986); Othello (Aosailuo, 1983, 1986 & 1987) | | 161 |
| Ch. 6 | | Another Dimension in Intercultural Shakespeare: An English/Chinese Macbeth (1994); A Taiwan/Mainland Shamlet (a Parody on Hamlet, 1994) | | 197 |
| | | Conclusion: Old Man Sha: Dead or Sleeping? | | 223 |
| App. 1 | | A Chronology of Shakespeare Performances in China | | 231 |
| App. 2 | | Dramatis Personae and Role Types of Five Sinified Productions | | 241 |
| | | Notes | | 245 |
| | | Glossary | | 269 |
| | | References | | 285 |
| | | Index | | 297 |