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Chinatown Opera Theater in North America by Nancy Yunhwa Rao (review)
Ist Teil von
Theatre Journal, 2020-09, Vol.72 (3), p.387-389
Ort / Verlag
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2020
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Project MUSE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Focusing on the so-called golden age of Cantonese opera in the 1920s, Rao’s engaging study documents how the Chinese Exclusion Act weighed down upon immigrant cultural history. Chapter 4 highlights how performances typically drew from the conventional repertoire but were often accompanied by innovative practices that included the development of new plays (many of which engaged with international or domestic US political themes), realistic scenography, and new stage technologies (film projection, special effects, and electric lighting). Rao notes that these theatres paved the way for Mei Lanfang’s famous visit to the United States in 1930. Because he lacked sponsorship from a theatre while the Department of Labor was enforcing quota limits on the number of Chinese performers allowed to enter the country at any one time, Mei Lanfang’s arrival was denied at the entry port of Seattle.