Full Description
* First collection of full-length plays from British East Asian playwrights
* Ideal for schools, colleges and theatre companies
* In association with a conference at Tara Theatre and Goldsmiths University in Spring 2018
A landmark collection of contemporary full-length plays by British East Asian writers. Exploring subjects such as cultural identity, the fragmentation of communities, tradition, invisibility and discrimination, these plays are ideal to perform.
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 the BEA community.
BOUND FEET BLUES by Yang-May Ooi
THE LAST DAYS OF LIMEHOUSE by Jeremy Tiang
JAMAICA BOY by Stephen Hoo
CONVERSATIONS WITH MY UNKNOWN MOTHER by Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen
SPECIAL OCCASIONS by Amy Ng
TANGO by Joel Tan
THE FU MANCHU COMPLEX by Daniel York Loh
Contents
Introduction
Author biographies
Prefaces to the plays
Playtexts
