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Film Chinois

  • Damon Chua
  • Full Length Play, Drama, 1940s / WWII
  • 3M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573663307

"The first U.S. production of Singaporean playwright Damon Chua's work reveals an imaginative voice...admirable."

Los Angeles Times

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: 1940s / WWII
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! 2007 Ovation Award for Best World Premiere Play
The place: Peking, China. 

The year: 1947, an uneasy time between WWII and the Communist takeover two years later. 

Randolph, a fresh-faced American operative, has been sent to the Raymond Chandler-esque Imperial City with an important mission. He makes progress, but soon chances into a staunch Maoist named Chinadoll, his would-be adversary and lover. 

A cat-and-mouse game ensues. As Randolph plunges deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness of what was once the most beautiful city in the world, he soon finds his life imperiled, even as he begins to unravel the mystery of a piece of old home-made film, and the whereabouts of a beautiful woman who seems to have vanished into thin air.
REVIEWS:

"This first U.S. production of Singaporean playwright Damon Chua's work reveals an imaginative voice... admirable."

Los Angeles Times

Premiere Production: Film Chinois premiered at Grove Theater Center in Burbank, CA, in July of 2007 under the direction of Kevin Cochran.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 2F

  • CHINADOLL - Early thirties, a Maoist/communist spy. She is the Chinese equivalent of the classic femme fatale.
    RANDOLPH - Early thirties, an American operative. Smart, cool and collected, but in many ways, an innocent abroad.
    SIMONE - Twenties, a Chinese songstress with a few tricks up her sleeve. Willful, emotional and a little silly.
    AMBASSADOR - Fifties or older, from Belgium. Seedy, amoral and dryly funny, he is a steadfast admirer of Asian women.

    THE MAN who plays:
    WAITER (Scenes 1 & 13)
    CHINESE BUSINESSMAN (Scenes 2 & 16)
    SERVER (Scene 3)
    CHINESE MAN (Scenes 7, 11 & 15)
    HOTEL CLERK (Scene 14)
    WOMAN (Scene 17)

    • Available Material

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    Film Chinois Script Order Now

    2007 Ovation Award, Best World Premiere PlayThe place: Peking, China. The year: 1947, an uneasy time between WWII and the Communist takeover two years later. Randolph, a fresh-faced American operative, has been sent to the Raymond Chandler-esque Imperial City with an important mission. He makes progress, but soon chances into a staunch Maoist named Chinadoll, his would-be adversary and lover. A cat-and-mouse game ensues. As Randolph plunges deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness of what was once the most beautiful city in the world, he soon finds his life imperiled, even as he begins to unravel the mystery of a piece of old home-made film, and the whereabouts of a beautiful woman who seems to have vanished into thin air.

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