Chimerica (play)

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play stage work television miniseries

Chimerica (play) is a political drama by Lucy Kirkwood that explores the complex relationship between the United States and China through the story of a photojournalist seeking the identity of the Tiananmen Square "Tank Man."

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instanceOf play ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
television miniseries ⓘ
author Lucy Kirkwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
award Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play NERFINISHED ⓘ
Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Chimerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
dramaticForm contemporary drama ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity London NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 2013 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Almeida Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre political drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation Chimerica (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation photojournalist ⓘ
notableFor exploration of US–China interdependence ⓘ
use of the Tank Man image as a dramatic device ⓘ
originalCastSize large ensemble ⓘ
playwrightNationality British ⓘ
plotFocus search for the identity of Tank Man ⓘ
premiereDirector Lyndsey Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereTheatreCompany Almeida Theatre Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Almeida Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting China NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
structure multiple timelines ⓘ
subject Tank Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States–China relations ⓘ
subsequentVenue Harold Pinter Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
subsequentVenueCity London NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme globalization ⓘ
media ethics ⓘ
personal responsibility ⓘ
political censorship ⓘ
timePeriod early 21st century ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
writer Lucy Kirkwood NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Chimerica (TV series) → basedOn → Chimerica (play) ⓘ
Claudie Blakley → notableWork → Chimerica (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chimerica (stage production)