As if some of British theatre didn’t learn enough with the Orphan of Zhao debacle, the stiff upper lip went at it again with London’s Print Room theatre, where their production of Howard Barker’s play, In the Depths of Dead Love, was performed by white actors in yellowface casting.
A compilation of links and events can be found on Anna Chen’s blog, as well as an explanation of the issue (again), but the reaction hit both Britain and the US, drawing reactions from
- Britain’s Daniel York,
- Britain’s Lucy Sheen,
- Director Andrew Keates,
- American actor Erin Quill
- American Howard Sherman