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Lady Precious Stream

6 May 2015

A symposium on S.

LPS poster header I. Hsiung's 1934 play, and the obstacles to and opportunities for East Asian voices in UK theatre and literature. Monday 18 May, 6.30-8pm, Anatomy JZ Young LT.

Free entry - Please email Gemma at moongateproductions@yahoo.com to reserve a place.

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'Try Something Different. Something Really Chinese'

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Lady Precious Stream by Hsiung Shih-I (S.I. Hsiung) was something of a phenomenon in its day. The first ever play in London's West End written and produced by a Chinese, it ran extremely successfully not only there but also on Broadway, going on to become one of the most performed plays in the world. Lady Precious Stream came about when Hsiung sent a political chamber piece he'd written to his friend George Bernard Shaw. Shaw responded that he thought Hsiung, as a Chinese writer, could only have his work staged if he wrote 'something different. Something really Chinese and traditional'.

So this is what Hsiung, who spoke and wrote immaculate English, did. In his own inimitable way. As Moongate Productions looks to revive this long-neglected play that bridges East and West so successfully, and which has never been performed in the UK with an East Asian cast, a symposium event investigates Hsiung's relationship with the London literati of the time (including GB Shaw and JM Barrie) and asks what are the obstacles to and opportunities for East Asian voices in UK theatre and literature.

The event will feature a short film, plus a panel discussion with speakers including:

  • Dr Diana Yeh (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Winchester and author of The Happy Hsiungs: Performing China and the Struggle for Modernity
  • Dr Frances Wood (historian, author of The Lure of China: Writers from Marco Polo to J. G. Ballard)
  • Dr Ashley Thorpe (Lecturer in Drama & Theatre at Royal Holloway, researcher of Chinese xiqu/Peking Opera)
  • Natasha Betteridge (acclaimed theatre director in both the UK and China)
  • Daniel York (actor, writer, filmmaker).
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Monday 18th May 18:30-20:00
Cruciform B304-LT1
Cruciform Building
University College London
Gower Street,
London WC1E 6BT

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