Tyrant or victim : reflections of Queen Min and Empress Dowager Cixi in modern theatre.

• Main Author: Nurkhalisah Kassim.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Drama
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42874
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Both highly controversial figures in their nation’s history, Empress Myeongseong, otherwise known as Queen Min, and Empress Dowager Cixi have been deemed the villains and the cause of their nation’s downfall after their reign. Clearly, both Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Myeongseong stood out from...