Chapter One Introduction 1
1.1 Literature Review of International Beckett Criticism 1
1.2 Literature Review of Chinese Beckett Criticism 10
Chapter Two Theorizing Chinese Beckett Performance 15
2.1 Boundary Crossing:Beckett as Cultural Translation 17
2.2 "Other"Becketts in Intercultural Theater 30
2.3 Acting Beckett from the Marginal 41
Chapter Three Political Beckett:First Trials 48
3.1 Icebreaker:Gao Xingjian and Chezhan 50
3.2 Meng Jinghui:Angry Young Men Waiting for Godot 61
3.3 The Premature Godot:Premiere of Theater Quarterly 73
Chapter Four Beckett as Postmodern Laboratory 83
4.1 The Waiting of Three Sisters:A Chan Collage 85
4.2 "Mo lei tau"Beckett:What if Godot Comes？ 99
4.3 Moveable Feast:Beckett in Ancient Chinese Gardens 110
Chapter Five Gendered Beckett in Consumerism Culture 121
5.1 Only Bored Women Waiting for Godot？ 123
5.2 "Hard Man"and Woman Godot 136
5.3 Minnan Endgame:Gendered Consumption 145
Chapter Six Co-produced Beckett:Negotiating"Authority" 155
6.1 "Beckett Workshop"as Empowering Site 158
6.2 Western Experience:Enlightenment or Domination in Disguise 171
Chapter Seven Can the Indigenous Act Back？ 189
7.1 Performing Beckett,Reforming Jingju 191
7.2 Beckett Danced on Chinese Stage 204
7.3 Dialogue with the Masters 212
Conclusion 223
Works Cited 230