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The dance and the railroad by david henry hwang
The Dance and the Railroad is a 1981 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. Hwang's second play, it depicts a strike in a coolie railroad labor camp in the mid-nineteenth century. The play premiered as part of a commission by the New Federal Theatre in 1981. It had its professional debut on July 16, 1981 Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. It was directed by John Lone, with Lone and Tzi Ma in the cast.
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The play was produced on television by the ABC Arts channel under the direction of Emile Ardolino. This production won a CINE Golden Eagle Award.
An Off-Broadway revival was produced in 2013 at the Signature Theatre under the direction of May Adrales.
It is published as part of Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays by Theatre Communications Group and also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service.