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Published 12-08-2019
ISBN 9780522876376
Pages 118
Subjects Plays, playscripts
Imprint MUP Digital

Golden Shield

An MTC Nextstage Original

Melbourne Theatre Company and Anchuli Felicia King

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Paperback Hardback eBook
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Published 12-08-2019
ISBN 9780522876376
Pages 118
Subjects Plays, playscripts
Imprint MUP Digital

A riveting new Australian play, Golden Shield sees trailblazing writer Anchuli Felicia King smash the personal against the political in a globetrotting thriller.

Tenacious young lawyer Julie Chen brings her sister Eva on board as a translator in a risky legal battle with international ramifications. Leading a class action exposing an American tech giant’s involvement with the Chinese government’s internet firewall, Golden Shield, they must put their differences aside to confront censorship, mass surveillance, corporate greed and their own complicated past.

Loyalty, family and language are tested in this Melbourne Theatre Company NEXT STAGE Original production. Commissioned through MTC’s NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program with the support of the Playwrights Giving Circle Donors, The Ian Potter Foundation, Naomi Milgrom Foundation, The Myer Foundation, Malcolm Robertson Foundation and The University of Melbourne.

About The Author

Anchuli Felicia King is a playwright and multidisciplinary artist of Thai- Australian descent. As a playwright, Felicia is interested in linguistic hybrids, digital cultures and issues of globalisation. Her plays have been produced by the Royal Court Theatre (London), Studio Theatre (Washington D.C.), American Shakespeare Center (Staunton), Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, National Theatre…