Yellow Face

by David Henry Hwang, Frank Rich (Introduction)

Overview

A new satire of multiculturalism, by one of America's leading playwrights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781559366717
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	12/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	310,103
File size:	196 KB

About the Author

David Henry Hwang is the author of "M. Butterfly" (1988 Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle awards; Pulitzer Prize finalist), "Golden Child" (1998 Tony nomination; 1997 Obie Award), "FOB" (1981 Obie Award), "The Dance and the Railroad" (1982 Drama Desk nomination), "Family Devotions" (1982 Drama Desk nomination), "Sound and Beauty", "Bondage" and "Flower Drum Song" (2002 revival; Tony nomination).

Editorial Reviews

“Charming, touching and funny…Yellow Face has an Ibsenite reach and stature.” –Michael Feingold, Village Voice

“Though inevitably labeled an Asian American writer, Hwang has actually been among the quintessential American playwrights, period, of his time. In his work, ethnic, racial and sexual identities are fluid, and the cultures that stir within the American melting pot alternately do battle and cross-pollinate…Yellow Face is a particularly remarkable achievement, a Pirandellian comedy built around a trio of sour real-life event…all the more powerful for grasping the absurdity of these events and refracting them through this writer’s piquant comic vision.” –Frank Rich, foreword to Yellow Face

“Yellow Face never once descends into the valley of self-indulgence. Hwang’s dialogue shows perspective that’s global rather than solipsistic…Yellow Face isn’t just a technically well-made play; it’s also wholly entertaining.” –Catey Sullivan, Chicago Theatre Beat

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