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I Dream of Chang and Eng: the Play Preface by the author I DREAM OF CHANG AND ENG is a…
Director’s Notes Ricardo Rocha Our play within a play concept of Philip Gotanda’s I Dream of Chang and Eng invites…
Historical Timeline (Chang and Eng in the context of American and Asian American history, and Sino-American relations)
Nineteeth-century America was characterized by its great curiosity–the desire to see and to know was a major driving force behind different disciplines…
Asian American Theatre Companies East West Players (CA) Asian American Theatre Company (CA) Asian American Repertory Theatre (CA) Ma-Yi Theatre…
Traditional Chinese Theatre Known as “Chinese opera” in the West, traditional Chinese theatre combines stylized singing and dancing, codified movement,…
Find out how “Chinese” sound to the 19th-century Americans.
Chang and Eng Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-1874) were conjoined twins, the original “Siamese Twins.” They were born in Siam…
This section mainly deals with racial and cultural concepts and imaginations of Chinese and Siamese in nineteenth-century America. The American…
The “Orientals” in the 19th century existed in two (almost opposite) Western imaginations: Chinoiserie and John Chinaman.