British East Asian Plays

By: Amy Ng, Cheryl Robson (Editor), Ashley Thorpe (Editor), Amanda Rogers (Editor), Yang-May Ooi

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Paperback | 11 April 2018

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This is a timely collection of six diverse contemporary plays, being published within months of the opening of three plays by British East Asian playwrights in the UK, and a growing awareness in the mainstream press that East Asians in British theatre are under-represented. As Daniel York Loh writes: British East Asians were effectively side-lined in any debate on diversity in theatre where the general establishment view tends towards a binary black/white... which seems to exclude large swathes of the Asian continent. With a historical overview of the involvement of East Asians and those of Chinese descent in British theatre ranging over more than 200 years.

With an introduction by academics Dr. Amanda Rogers and Dr. Ashley Thorpe which sets the plays into context and explores the hidden history of theatre from BEA theatre-makers.

The seven plays in the anthology are:

Bound Feet Blues by Yang-May Ooi

The Last Days of Limehouse by Jeremy Tiang

Conversations with my Unknown Mother by Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen

Special Occasions by Amy Ng

Jamaica Boy by Stephen Hoo

Tango by Joel Tan

The Fu Manchu Complex by Daniel York Loh

Industry Reviews

"Ooi has some unsettling examples of how, even today in the West, daintiness in a woman is often celebrated and a `beauty is pain' culture still exists."-The Stage; "The Last Days of Limehouse is a finely balanced, well-written and superbly acted play that's well worth seeing." **** - everything theatre; "Joel Tan balances the drama beautifully in a pithy, pacy and elegant script ... tenderly stripping away layer upon layer of hypocrisy while leaving hard truths that stick in the craw.."-The Straits Times; "...a devilishly ironic spin on Sax Rohmer's classic novel that will leave you in hysterics...wildly satirical and steeped in sexual innuendo... the atmosphere created on stage is alluring." - The Upcoming

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