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White Pearl

  • Anchuli Felicia King
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Contemporary, New Millennium/21st Century
  • 1M, 6F
  • ISBN: 9780573116438

It's just a fun ad. Now the whole world is going crazy.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy

  • Time Period: Contemporary, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
It's just a fun ad. Now the whole world is going crazy.

In Singapore, Clearday™ has developed from a small start-up company to a leading international cosmetic brand in less than a year. But when a draft of the company's latest skin cream advert is leaked, the video goes viral globally for all the wrong reasons.

YouTube views are in the thousands and keep climbing; anger is building on social media; the journalists are starting to cover the story. This is an international PR nightmare; the company cannot be seen to be racist, they've got to get it taken down before America wakes up.

"It's on BUZZFEED. It's on BUZZFEED. We're not defending it."
REVIEWS:

"White Pearl is a little gem... This is a bracingly funny play that, like Caryl Churchill's Top Girls, shows women are no more immune than men to capitalism's insidious corruption."

 The Guardian

"A scathing, gleefully nasty corporate satire."

 The Stage

"It has a boldness, ambition and acerbic humour on a scale that makes you sit up and pay attention."

 Time Out

"King's writing has that quality where almost every line whip-cracks through the air and leaves a welt."

 The Upcoming

Premiere Production:

White Pearl marks writer Anchuli Felicia King's international playwright debut. It premiered in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 10 May 2019 in a production by Nana Dakin.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 6F

  • PRIYA SINGH - Female. Indian-Singaporean. Mumbai accent, rounded out by years of British education.
    SUNNY LEE - Female. Chinese-Singaporean. American dudebro-speak, becomes more Singlish/Hokkien depending on her audience.
    RUKI MINAMI - Female. Japanese. Noticeable Japanese accent. Crisp English.
    BUILT SUTTIKUL - Female. Thai-American. Californian. Verging on valley-girl.
    SOO-JIN PARK - Female. South Korean. Strong Korean accent by excellent English.
    XIAO CHEN - Female. Chinese. The weakest English speaker.
    MARCEL BENOIT - Male. Strong French accent with fluent-ish English.

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    It's just a fun ad. Now the whole world is going crazy.

    In Singapore, Clearday™ has developed from a small start-up company to a leading international cosmetic brand in less than a year. But when a draft of the company's latest skin cream advert is leaked, the video goes viral globally for all the wrong reasons.

    YouTube views are in the thousands and keep climbing; anger is building on social media; the journalists are starting to cover the story. This is an international PR nightmare; the company cannot be seen to be racist, they've got to get it taken down before America wakes up.

    "It's on BUZZFEED. It's on BUZZFEED. We're not defending it."

    		$24.95

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