Sunrise: A Play in Four ActsThis play offers a cross-section of real life in China in the 1930's. People of all shades evolve around a high-class party girl named Chen Bailu. Everyone portrayed in this section is well-presented, and each of them represents a distinctive character type from different social strata, from bankers to gangsters, from rich widows to actors, from scholars to prostitutes. |
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afraid bank's BEGGAR BLACK SAN BLACK SAN'S VOICE brothel castanets centre door Chang Chen Pai-lu Chin Chin's Chu-chun cigarette clothes crying curtain dark di-di-da dollars doorway eyes face face is familiar Fang Ta-sheng feeling Feng Bank Fu-sheng comes GEORGY getting girl give goes government bonds hand hear heart HU SZE Huang Hsing-san Hullo Humph keep Kuomintang laugh Li Shih-ching listen little Lulu Little Tsui living Lulu MAN'S VOICE married mean Miss Chen morning night open the door opium PAI-LU looking Pan Yueh-ting pause picks playing mahjong realize shaking her head Shih-ching Shortbread SHUN-TZE sigh singing smile someone soubrette sound speaking stands staring stop suddenly Sunrise Sze's talk tears tell there's thing third-rater tomorrow TSUI-HSI turns visitors Wang wearing What's window word