Anna Chen – 16 December 2012 Royal Shakespeare excludes British East Asians from their own culture: maids, dogs and ghosts all right, though.by Anna Chen — (written 30 November 2012) South China Morning Post magazine When the hallowed Royal Shakespeare Company cast east Asian actors in a miserly three roles out of 17 in the […]
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With charges of “sour grapes” and claims that east Asians couldn’t be cast in parts that had no “Chinese connection”, there’s an awful lot to discuss concerning the Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Orphan of Zhao. So it’s a shame that the RSC declined an invitation to take part in a debate between members of the
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The Royal Shakespeare Company declined this chance to debate with members of the British East Asian Artists group who had been critical of the casting for The Orphan of Zhao, a Chinese classic. The 17 roles included only three BEAs, and those were in minor parts: chiefly working a puppet dog, and playing a maid
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Anna Chen – Thursday, 15 November 2012 At last it is out. I’ve been champing at the bit, positively having a conniption while all the reviews came out, but finally mine is published and here it is. A quick update: the British East Asian Artists have sprung up to challenge these archaic attitudes towards us
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Had we been ninja, we could have crept stealthily into the village without being seen. However, as we had done our research — which in this case consisted of being Chinese and paying attention — we blew into town and proceeded to make like we were proper Ingrish which, as we all know from recent
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The British East Asian Actors group (of which I am one) has issued a statement concerning the recent RSC casting debacle over The Orphan of Zhao. British East Asian ActorsSTATEMENT30th October 2012 The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)The Orphan of Zhao BRITISH EAST ASIAN ACTORS CALL FOR PUBLIC FORUM OVER RSC CASTING CONTROVERSY British East Asian
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