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Ah Fo Gets A Job: A Soochow Farce

Ah Fo Gets A Job: A Soochow Farce

Yan, Brent
Wang, Wuneng

Paperback

Humor

ISBN13: 9798468331705
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 31 2021
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.14 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
This is a farce originally titled Three-point Decree, written by Wang Wuneng(1892-1933), a monodrama dramatist and actor born in Soochow, China. The story tells about Ah Fandi and his daughter and nephew Ah Fo, who fight against the tricky landlord, Xu. Lord Xu the old fox devises a trap to make the three of them violate the three-point decree, thus deducting their wages. Ah Fandi and his nephew Ah Fo then taking advantage of the scheme, set up their own three-point decree, then Lord Xu falls into the scheme before returning the deducted money. The whole play is full of punchlines, exaggerated performance and funny dialogue. The translation was primarily finished in 2006 by Brent Yan who at that time majored in Translation at Soochow University, where he learnt from Wang Rongpei, a famous translator of Chinese classical works. This rendition is not modified before publication in order to memorize Wang for his endeavor to lead Brent onto the journey of literature translation.

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