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Yellow Face review a probing, political satire on racial identity by Michael Billington

The Shed, LondonChinese-American playwright David Henry Hwang uses humour to look at the implications of being racially hyphenated in this peach of a playWhat exactly is racial identity? Does it define one's existence? Can it even be acquired? These are just some of the questions raised by this wickedly funny play by David Henry Hwang, who is still best known as the author of M Butterfly. And, although the play deals…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PM on May 12, 2014

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