CHINESE ON THE STAGE.
ACTORS DRAW COLOR-lANE.
London, Sept.l. Because 60 Chinese are included to give local colour to Mr. Somerset Maugham's play, “East of Suez,” which opens at His Majestry’s on •Saturday, the Actors’ Association, At an emergency meeting, declared that the inclusion of the Chinese aroused the indignation of the theatrical profession. The actors threatened to picket the theatre. The producer asserts that his reasons are purely artistic, and not economic. He is paying the Chinese the award rates* he declares.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1922, Page 5
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83CHINESE ON THE STAGE. Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1922, Page 5
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