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Plate 1.

Hamlet in Shanghai, 2007, directed by Richard Schechner. Horatio caresses Hamlet. (Photo: Courtesy of Richard Schechner)

Plate 2.

Richard Schechner. (Photo: Courtesy of Richard Schechner)

Plate 3.

Opening dance of The Little Clay Cart by Epic Actors Workshop of New Jersey at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, dir. Farley Richmond, 2010.

Plate 4.

Daniel S. P. Yang played against kunqu star actress Hua Wenyi in an act of the noted Palace of Eternal Youth at a gala festival of kunqu in Shanghai, 1985. His master teacher, the celebrated actor Yu Zhenfei, congratulated the two after curtain call. (Photo: Courtesy of Daniel S. P. Yang)

Plate 5.

Opening scene of Li’er wang, a Mandarin-language version of Shakespeare’s King Lear at the Grand Theatre of Hong Kong Cultural Centre featuring star-actor Hu Qingshu as Lear. Translated and directed by Daniel S. P. Yang. Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, 1993. (Photo: Courtesy of Daniel S. P. Yang)

Plate 6.

I Made Bandem performs the role of Hanoman in a kecak performance with his students at Holy Cross. (Photo: J. Kevin Crowley)

Plate 7.

“Zeus” with his very long skirt smashing the clouds like iron plates with his scepter. (Photo: Courtesy of Hands Percussion)

Plate 8.

Magic Mirror: The Musical featuring Regine Tai as Guan Yin with goddess dancers in the 2011 performance at Istana Budaya. (Photo: Courtesy of Yayasan Guan Yin)