The Happy Hsiungs: Performing China and the Struggle for Modernity

by Diana Yeh

"Try Something Different. Something Really Chinese" The Happy Hsiungs recovers the lost histories of Shih-I and Dymia Hsiung, two once highly visible, but now largely forgotten Chinese writers in Britain, who sought to represent China and Chineseness to the rest of the world. Shih-I shot to worldwide fame with his play Lady Precious Stream in the 1930s and became known as the first Chinese director to work in the West End and on Broadway. Dymia was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9888208179
• ISBN13: 9789888208173
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 6.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher