num_pages: 112
description: Marvelous . . . the conceit is elegantly of a piece yet Hwang is able to keep turning it in on itself to reveal new ambiguities absurdities subversions and paradoxes. Chicago Reader Hwang's plays collectively chart the evolving definition of what it is to be an 'American.' . . . His art has illuminated and anticipated our ongoing national story with a sensibility unlike any other in the American theater.Frank Rich Springing from the author's personal experiences in China over the past five years Chinglish follows a Midwestern American businessman desperately seeking to score a lucrative contact for his family's firm as he travels to China only to discover how much he doesn't understand. Named for the unique and often comical third language that evolves from attempts to translate Chinese signs into English Chinglish explores the challenges of doing business in a culture whose languageand ways of communicatingare worlds apart from our own. David Henry Hwang's best new work since M. Butterfly  this shrewd timely and razor-sharp comedy ( Chicago Tribune ) received its Broadway premiere in fall 2011. David Henry Hwang is the author of the Tony Awardwinning M. Butterfly  the Pulitzer Prizefinalist Yellow Face  Golden Child  FOB  Family Devotions  and the books for musicals Aida (as co-author) Flower Drum Song (2002 Broadway revival) and Tarzan  among other works.
language: English
title: Chinglish
publisher: Theatre Communications Group