"Fair" - Gigeki

Japanese: 《戯劇》 - ぎげき
"Fair" - Gigeki

...However, the actual performance was not a success, due in part to mistranslations of the script and inexperienced acting. In the 1920s, after the May Fourth Movement, the People's Opera Society, which was established in Shanghai with the cooperation of literary figures who promoted the Vernacular Literature Movement, launched a drama magazine called 'Xiju' (Performance) in May 1921. It established a drama school to improve acting skills and to foster playwrights.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "play" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし実際の上演は,脚本の誤訳に演技の未熟さも手伝って成功をもたらすにはいたらなかった。五・四運動を経過した20年代になると,白話文運動を推しすすめる文学者たちの協力を得て上海に設立された民衆戯劇社が,演劇専門の雑誌《戯劇》を創刊(1921年5月)した。演劇学校をおこして演技力の向上をはかるとともに劇作家の育成をはかった。…

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