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Yellow Face is a semi-autobiographical play by David Henry Hwang, featuring the author himself as the protagonist, DHH, mounting his 1993 play Face Value. The play's themes include questions of race and of the interaction between media and politics. [1] The play premiered in Los Angeles at the Mark Taper Forum in May 2007. [2]
"The Adventure of the Yellow Face", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the third tale from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom in February 1893, and in Harper's Weekly in the United States on 11 February 1893.
Kuang first began conceptualizing Yellowface in 2021, amidst conversations regarding diversity and representation in the publishing industry. [3] She wrote the first draft over the course of a few months, taking inspiration from her own experiences as an Asian American author, such as being told her appeal is largely or entirely due to her being a "token" author.
Playing the character of “DHH,” the actor Daniel Dae Kim begins “Yellow Face,” the new production of David Henry Hwang’s play, standing within a box, from which he promptly strides out.
From Left: Daniel Dae Kim and Ryan Eggold in 'Yellow Face' Daniel Dae Kim returned to Broadway on Friday, Sept. 13 after nearly a decade away, as performances kicked off for David Henry Hwang 's ...
Yellow Face or yellowface may refer to: Portrayal of East Asians in American film and theater; Yellow Face, a 2007 play by David Henry Hwang; Yellow Face, a 2010 film by Han Tang "The Yellow Face", an alternative title for the 1893 short "The Adventure of the Yellow Face" by Arthur Conan Doyle; Yellowface, a 2023 novel by R. F. Kuang
It also serves as a quasi-sequel to Hwang's 2007 play Yellow Face. Like that play, the semi-autobiographical work centers around a stand-in for the author named DHH interacting with fictional characters. [3] The play was partially inspired by a 2015 stabbing of Hwang by a stranger on the streets of New York City. [4]
Jimmy Kimmel fought back tears during his opening monologue on Wednesday night, as he lamented that Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election victory marked a “terrible night” for just about ...