re: New ‘Richard III’ Raises an Old Question: Who Should Wear the Crown?
Posted by: NeoAdamite 01:43 pm EDT 05/23/24
In reply to: re: New ‘Richard III’ Raises an Old Question: Who Should Wear the Crown? - Singapore/Fling 12:58 pm EDT 05/23/24

Asian characters didn't exist on stage in Western pop culture until more recently

Perhaps you mean authentic Asian characters? Because in this country Yellowface has been here since the first waves of Asian immigration in the 19th Century.

Indeed, every new immigrant group quickly became a stage caricature - the linked book, which is excellent, shows the origins of Jewface.
Link https://www.amazon.com/Staging-Jew-Harley-Mitchell-Erdman/dp/0813524148
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