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Chimerica (NHB Modern Plays)

✍ Scribed by Kirkwood, Lucy

Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Weight: 66 KB
Series: NHB Modern Plays
Edition: Rev. ed
Category: Fiction
City: London, China., China--United States, United States., United States--China
ISBN: 1848423500

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✦ Synopsis

Front Cover; Title Page; Contents; Original Production; Author's Note; Epigraph; Characters and Note on Text; Act One; Act Two; Act Three; Act Four; Act Five; About the Author; Copyright and Performing Rights Information.;A powerful, provocative play about international relations and the shifting balance of power between East and West. Tiananmen Square, 1989. As tanks roll through Beijing and soldiers hammer on his hotel door, Joe? a young American photojournalist? captures a piece of history. New York, 2012. Joe is covering a presidential election, marred by debate over cheap labour and the outsourcing of American jobs to Chinese factories. When a cryptic message is left in a Beijing newspaper, Joe is driven to discover the truth behind the unknown hero he captured on film. Who was he?

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United States

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