Anna Yen Anna Yen i(A30874 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Chinese
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1 1 y separately published work icon Slow Boat 緩舟 Anna Yen , 2022 Fortitude Valley : Playlab , 2022 23456788 2022 single work drama

'‘Brotherhood is easy when things run smoothly. But when someone causes hurt, this is where it’s tested.’

'To celebrate Victory in the Pacific, five indentured Chinese workers are staging a theatre show at Brisbane’s Bulimba Dockyards.

'The men aim to weave an epic tale of brotherhood and resilience, charting their journey from poverty and war in rural China, through hard work on the tiny phosphate-rich island of Nauru, to a hasty evacuation from the Japanese to Australia, and all the challenges that they overcame on the way. However, differing perspectives of critical events in their story threaten to derail this display of unity to become the one thing that could tear them apart.

'Blending vaudeville, musical theatre, circus, Cantonese Opera and martial arts, Slow Boat is inspired by the unexpected arrival in Australia of playwright Anna Yen’s father, along with 580 other Chinese men, during WWII.'

Source: Playlab Theatre.

1 2 form y separately published work icon Chinese Take Away Anna Yen , Mitzi Goldman , Australia : Looking Glass Pictures SBS Independent , 2002 Z1031848 2002 single work film/TV

An adaptation of a physical theatre show that tells the story of performer/writer Anna Yen's grandmother, mother and herself. Blending storytelling, performance, archival footage, and poetic cinematography, Chinese Take Away reveals the story of three generations. The stories are anchored by Anna's desire to understand her mother's life and death.

Source: 'Synopsis' Documentary Australia Foundation

1 1 y separately published work icon Three Plays by Asian Australians Tạ Bình Duy , Anna Yen , Indija N. Mahjoeddin , Donald Batchelor (editor), Brisbane : Playlab , 2000 Z968616 2000 selected work drama (taught in 8 units)

'The three texts in this volume explore culture, myth, marriage, pilgimage, family and journeys from the mores of Old China to those of contemporary Australia.' (From the publisher's website.)

2 6 Chinese Take Away Anna Yen , 2000 single work drama (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: Three Plays by Asian Australians 2000; (p. 32-71)

'An adaptation of a physical theatre show that tells the story of performer/writer Anna Yen's grandmother, mother and herself. Blending storytelling, performance, archival footage, and poetic cinematography, Chinese Take Away reveals the story of three generations. The stories are anchored by Anna's desire to understand her mother's life and death.' 

Source: Documentary Australia Foundation.

1 Peeling Skin Maryanne Lynch , Anna Yen , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 57 no. 4 1998; (p. 666-682)
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