A Chinese stage first in TokyoSourced
An early landmark of modern Chinese drama
was staged by students in Tokyo.
In 1907, Chinese students in Tokyo staged Black Slave's Cry to Heaven, an adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin, at the Hongō-za theatre. It also addressed discrimination against Chinese migrants and later came to be treated as an early landmark of Western-style Chinese drama.
One stage connected
three countries' stories.
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