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Chinese opera playwriting for the qupai (曲牌体) system — 元杂剧, 明清传奇, 昆曲, 川剧高腔, where sung text is filled into fixed tune patterns (填词) rather than built from paired lines varied by metre. Covers stage vs study (李渔 vs 吴梅/王季烈), the 清曲/剧曲 switch, the zaju branch (四折一楔子, one 宫调 and one rhyme per act, 一人主唱, 题目正名), the chuanqi branch (出, 副末开场, 南北合套, 集唐下场诗), tune-filling (格律, 前腔/换头/幺, 衬字, 务头, 尾声, 四十禁), the seventeen 宫调 and their affects, 套数, 排场 alternation, the spoken-to-sung cue, 帮腔, adaptation, and mode
Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.