Shanghai Dolls - Paperback

by Amy Ng (Author)

A pacy two-hander that provides a window into a terrifying period of Chinese history. --London Theatre

Two penniless actresses meet at auditions for a production of Ibsen's A Doll's House in Shanghai--and they quickly become inseparable.

As political upheaval rips through China, their tumultuous friendship will alter not only the course of their lives, but the course of history. One will become China's first female theatre director. The other, the architect of the Cultural Revolution.

Amy Ng's Shanghai Dolls tells the untold true story of two of the most influential women in Chinese history--Madame Mao and Sun Weishi--and how the personal truly is political.

Author Biography

Amy Ng is a writer whose plays include: Shanghai Dolls (Paines Plough and Kiln Theatre, London, 2025); Shangri-La (Finborough Theatre, London, 2016); Shoes (Soho Theatre); and Special Occasions (St. James Theatre and Arcola Theatre). She is also a historian with a research interest in multinational empires, imperial decline, and nationality conflict, and is the author of Nationalism and Political Liberty (Oxford University Press).