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Chinese Take Away single work   drama   - 23 scenes.
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Chinese Take Away
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'An adaptation of a physical theatre show that tells the story of performer/writer Anna Yen's grandmother, mother and herself. Blending storytelling, performance, archival footage, and poetic cinematography, Chinese Take Away reveals the story of three generations. The stories are anchored by Anna's desire to understand her mother's life and death.' 

Source: Documentary Australia Foundation.

Exhibitions

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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Chinese Take Away Anna Yen , Mitzi Goldman , Australia : Looking Glass Pictures SBS Independent , 2002 Z1031848 2002 single work film/TV

An adaptation of a physical theatre show that tells the story of performer/writer Anna Yen's grandmother, mother and herself. Blending storytelling, performance, archival footage, and poetic cinematography, Chinese Take Away reveals the story of three generations. The stories are anchored by Anna's desire to understand her mother's life and death.

Source: 'Synopsis' Documentary Australia Foundation

Production Details

  • First performed at the Cremorne Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane 26-30 August 1997, as part of the Stage X Festival.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:

Includes an interview with the author and biographical & performance notes.
Includes some Romanised Cantonese text.

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Works about this Work

Writing Chinese Diaspora : After the 'White Australia Policy' Deborah L. Madsen , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader 2009; (p. 263-270) Australian Made : A Multicultural Reader 2010; (p. 158-172) An overview of Chinese-Australian writing.
Multicultural Vistas : Dramatic Re-Inventions of the Ethnic Minority Other Marc Maufort , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Transgressive Itineraries : Postcolonial Hybridizations of Dramatic Realism 2003; (p. 85-146) Section II of this chapter is entitles 'Visions of the Australian Multicultural Landscape.'
Playing the Yellow Lady : Performing Gender and Race Jacqueline Lo , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Siting the Other : Re-Visions of Marginality in Australian and English-Canadian Drama 2001; (p. 69-83)
Beyond Happy Hybridity : Performing Asian-Australian Identities Jacqueline Lo , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Alter/Asians : Asian-Australian Identities in Art, Media and Popular Culture 2000; (p. 152-168)
'The Role of the Dramaturg' : River of Silk - A Dramaturg's Reflections on the Script Development Process of 'Chinese Take Away' Hilary Beaton , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Three Plays by Asian Australians 2000; (p. 3-7)
Multicultural Vistas : Dramatic Re-Inventions of the Ethnic Minority Other Marc Maufort , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Transgressive Itineraries : Postcolonial Hybridizations of Dramatic Realism 2003; (p. 85-146) Section II of this chapter is entitles 'Visions of the Australian Multicultural Landscape.'
Beyond Happy Hybridity : Performing Asian-Australian Identities Jacqueline Lo , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Alter/Asians : Asian-Australian Identities in Art, Media and Popular Culture 2000; (p. 152-168)
Writing Chinese Diaspora : After the 'White Australia Policy' Deborah L. Madsen , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader 2009; (p. 263-270) Australian Made : A Multicultural Reader 2010; (p. 158-172) An overview of Chinese-Australian writing.
Peeling Skin Maryanne Lynch , Anna Yen , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 57 no. 4 1998; (p. 666-682)
Playing the Yellow Lady : Performing Gender and Race Jacqueline Lo , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Siting the Other : Re-Visions of Marginality in Australian and English-Canadian Drama 2001; (p. 69-83)
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Last amended 25 Jun 2018 15:45:29
Subjects:
Settings:
  • c
    China,
    c
    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Hong Kong,
    c
    China,
    c
    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • ca. 1930-1969
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