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Playwriting for banqiang-system Chinese opera (板腔体：京剧、豫剧、越剧、秦腔、评剧、沪剧、淮剧、川剧弹戏), where sung passages are paired seven- or ten-character lines varied by metre (板式) rather than filled into fixed tune patterns. Covers genre (唱工戏／做工戏／武戏), the main line, technical structure and 排场, how 行当 and a named star decide the writing, 程式, lyric craft (唱词：上下句、重点句、垛句、辙口), 宾白 and the sung/spoken seam, duets, what the writer marks on the page (Peking-opera vs Yue-opera style), the interface with actors and musicians
Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.