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Title
Paper Angels
Creator
Ng, John
Hill, Amy
Contributing Institution
UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Collection
California Revealed from University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Special Research Collections
Rights Information
Copyrighted. The artist of any work retains all rights to that work. Copyright has not been assigned to the Regents of the University of California. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. No further reproduction is permitted without prior written permission by the artist or copyright holder.
Description
This play is about Chinese peoples' immigration experience in California. Angel Island was a place where immigrants would be held while waiting to start their new lives in the United States. It is a portrait of 'sojourners' trapped in limbo. (The New York Times, Stage: "Paper Angels,"; About West Coast's Ellis I. by Mel Gussow, 1982) cast: Robert McBride, Wood Moy, Katherine Monohan, Jean Lee Wong, A.M. Lai, Dennis Dun, Kelvin Han Yee, Damon Lee, Victor Wong, Lynette Chun, Bernadette Hak Eun Cha, Kitty Tsui, H.R. Rosen September 12-October 26, 1980
Type
moving image
Format
Original
Sound
Color
U-matic
Extent
5 Tapes of 5
Identifier
V0054/UM-V0058/UM
cusb_000172_t1; cusb_000172_t2; cusb_000172_t3; cusb_000172_t4; cusb_000172_t5
Subject
Asian American theater--California--San Francisco
Theater
Immigration
Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.)
Place
Angel Island (Calif.)
Provenance
UC Santa Barbara, Department of Special Research Collections
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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