Lloyd Suh : once in the countryside : a collection of plays / Lloyd Suh ; edited by Christine Mok.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suh, Lloyd, Author.

Contributor:

Mok, Christine, editor.

Series:

Methuen Drama play collections

Methuen drama play collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans--Drama.

Asian Americans.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

vii, 355 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Once in the countryside : a collection of plays

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Methuen Drama, 2026.

Summary:

"2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh is a celebrated Chinese-American playwright who's work reveals how history can exact an emotional toll across culture and time. As a writer his work explores often ignored pivotal moments of Asian American history, drawing on a variety of forms and aesthetics, from historical realism and punk rock musicals to sci-fi plays and comedies for young audiences. From New York Times Critic's Picks and the Pulitzer Prize final shortlist to intimate one-act dramas, Suh's work is revelatory, insightful and ripe for study and enjoyment in this inaugural collection, introduced by the author himself" -- Provided by publisher.

"The Chinese Lady is a portrait of the United States as seen through the eyes of the first Chinese woman in America, Afong May, who was put on display, as she comes of age in a nation struggling to define itself. Set in the wake of the Chinese Exclusion Act, The Far Country is an intimate epic that traces the forging of an unlikely family through invented biographies and poems of longing from rural Taishan to the wild west of California. A play for young audiences, Bina's Six Apples follows Bina, whose family grows the finest apples in all of Korea, when war forces them to flee their home. With just six precious apples to her name, Bina discovers she is not the only one searching for family and a new home. In Charles Francis Chan Jr.'s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery, it is 1967 and Frank Chan and Kathy Ching are trying to stage a revolution but find themselves thrown into a metatheatrical cage match between a fledgling political identity and the malignant persistence of stereotypes and yellowface. In The Heart Sellers, recent immigrants Jane, from Korea, and Luna, from the Philippines, run into each other in a grocery store on Thanksgiving in 1973. Over the course of one impulsive evening, fueled by wine and roasted sweet potatoes, they confess their fears and share their hopes for an unknowable future in the United States" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Christine Mok

The Chinese lady. Preface / Amy B. Huang ; Postscript / Shannon Tyo

The far country. Preface / Ju Yon Kim ; Postscript / Whit K. Lee

Bina's six apples. Preface / Elizabeth W. Son ; Postscript / Jiyoun Chang

Charles Francis Chan Jr.'s exotic oriental murder mystery. Preface / Christine Mok ; Postscript / Peter Kim

The heart sellers. Preface / Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns ; Postscript / May Adrales

The long answer : a conversation with Lloyd Suh.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Container of: Suh, Lloyd. Chinese lady.

Container of: Suh, Lloyd. Far country.

Container of: Suh, Lloyd. Bina's six apples.

Container of: Suh, Lloyd. Charles Francis Chan Jr.'s exotic oriental murder mystery.

Container of: Suh, Lloyd. Heart sellers.

ISBN:

9781350439214

1350439215

9781350439207

1350439207

OCLC:

1515016546