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An essential introduction to the British East Asian theatrical community, this is acollection of full plays, short plays and monologues from British East Asian writers, including Jingan Young, Kathryn Golding, Amber Hsu, Cathy Lam, Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen, Tan Suet Lee, Julie Cheung Inhin & Stephen Hoo. Contains a foreword written by David Henry Hwang and Jingan Young.
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UNDER A BLOOD RED MOON
A play in one act
by LUCY CHAU LAI-TUEN
Production History
Under a Blood Red Moon started out as a short play commission from the Royal Court and was presented as part of Live Lunch Hidden under the title Restrain Your Grief and Adapt to the Mishap. It was performed in the Jerwood Theatre upstairs (script in hand) on the 19th and 20th June 2015 with the following cast and creative team:
Cast
Lourdes Faberes
Daniel York
Creative Team
Writer | Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen |
Director/Producer | Lucy Morrison |
Many thanks to the many British East Asian Artists
who have helped me. Special thanks to Lourdes Faberes,
Daniel York and The Royal Court
who have helped me. Special thanks to Lourdes Faberes,
Daniel York and The Royal Court
This play is dedicated to the memory of Junix Inocian,
actor and friend
actor and friend
Characters
MA, CHU
MA, LI
CUSTOMER
GANG MEMBER
(JIAN) JACKIE CHAN
MR. CHAN
MRS. CHAN
MONA HING
IDA BRAMBLE
Suggested doubling
MA, CHU/MR. CHAN
MA, LI/MRS. CHAN
JACKIE/CUSTOMER/GANG MEMBER
CHUās take away Itās a Wonderful Wok and a hospital morgue.
CHUās dead body is wheeled into the morgue covered by a white sheet. LI, CHUās wife enters and sits next to her dead husband.
CHU slowly sits up, the sheet falls into his lap. Newly dead CHU can still interact with those he knew and loved.
ITāS A WONDERFUL WOK
LI: They stamped on you like a bug. Twenty-three of them and theyāre out on bail. Unbelievable! Police tried to charge me with aggravated assault! I laughed.
CHU: Now Iām a one-eighty by one-fifty rectangle of news.
LI: āLocal news. Owner of Itās A Wonderful Wok Chinese takeaway killed in an incidentā.
Itās all over the TV. They rushed you to A&E, but you died before they could get you there.
Iām so mad at you!
For leaving the shop ā for leaving me ā
You were always telling meā¦
CHU: Stay inside, donāt get involvedā¦
LI: Itās none of our business.
CHU: I thought youād be happy, I did what you asked.
LI: Heās back ā
CHU: And heās not aloneā¦
LI: So many of them!
CHU: Why are they screaming?
LI: Get away from the window.
CHU: Call the police!
LI: You call the fucking police!
CHU: Look!
LI: What?
CHU: The moonā¦
LI: Eh?
CHU: Itās importantā¦
LI: Not a good timeā¦
CHU: āWhen the moon is shiningā¦ā*
LI: Make this stop! Or ā Iām done!
GANG MEMBER: Fucking Chinky-Changalings!
What right do you have to come over here?
Walk down our streets? Live in our neighbourhoods?
LI: Chu! Come back! Chu!
CHU: Who would have thought, my last memory, feet.
I was a man so I swallowed the insults.
I donāt make a fuss, I donāt draw attention to myself.
I knuckle down, I pay my taxes.
I work, work, work.
āI had no fear of the long road.ā
CHU drops to his knees.
A boot cracks the back of my skull, then stops. I thought, oh, itās raining. Then the smell. They were pissing on me I look up and I focus on the blood red moon.
BLACKOUT.
*the cripple becomes happy for a walk.
HOSPITAL MORGUE
LI: That Chinese lawyer turned up. The one you donāt like. If it hadnāt been for him, Iād be in prison.
CHU: See what happens when we draw attention to ourselves?
āLife is ruled by letting things take their course. You donāt rule it by interfering.ā
LI: I didnāt ask for attention! Just help, because you failed.
CHU: Li, āis not whether I failed, but whether you were content with my failure.ā
LI: Iām here, only, I donāt know...
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword and Special Thanks
- Foreword
- No More Lotus Flower!
- Suzy Wong: Fitting In and Fucking Up
- Jamaica Boy
- The Stone
- Under a Blood Red Moon
- The Confession
- The Swing
- Iām Just Here to Buy Soy Sauce