The Chinese
by Murray Schisgal
What readers are saying
Readers have mixed feelings about the play, finding some enjoyment in Dr. Fish while the overall impression of The Chinese was disappointing. One reviewer specifically noted that the latter did not resonate well with them.
Synopsis
THE STORIES: THE CHINESE.
The scene is the Chinese laundry that is also home for the Lee family--father, mother and son, Chester.
The older Lees are quite obviously Asian while Chester (who is usually taken for Jewish) is not--but his questions as to
Press Reviews
"Produced on Broadway with Dr. Fish, this offbeat and wonderfully funny play deals with the plight of an apparently Caucasian young man whose parents are, just as apparently, Chinese. “…Terribly funny and not unwise, wonderfully theatrical and altogether grand."
— The New York Times
Publication
The Chinese is a American comedy play written by Murray Schisgal and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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Dramatists Play Service · 1998 · 72 pp
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Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)
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