M Butterfly TNT

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Across
  1. 1. The Italian opera composer who wrote Madama Butterfly, an inspiration for M Butterfly.
  2. 4. The director of Everyman's production of M Butterfly.
  3. 7. The founder of the People's Republic of China.
  4. 9. The area of New York City where M Butterfly premiered in 1988.
  5. 12. A political and economic theory and system derived from the writings of Karl Marx, based on the elimination of private property and the equal ownership of goods.
  6. 13. The playwright of M Butterfly.
  7. 16. The casting of a white actor in a role intended for a performer of Asian descent.
  8. 17. A character in Madama Butterfly: an American who is present to witness a marriage in the opera.
  9. 18. The protagonist of M Butterfly; a French diplomat living in China.
  10. 19. Working class people; used specifically when referring to the working class as a group in discussions of Communism.
  11. 21. An outdated translation for the Chinese city of Beijing.
  12. 22. A government official living and working in a foreign city to protect their native country's interests there.
  13. 23. The central symbol of tonight's play.
  14. 24. The real French diplomat who inspired the character of Gallimard.
Down
  1. 1. The protagonist of Madama Butterfly: an American sailor who marries and abandons a Japanese woman.
  2. 2. One of the countries in which M Butterfly takes place.
  3. 3. A person who has settled outside of their native country.
  4. 5. The name used collectively for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia when they were under French colonial control from 1858-1950.
  5. 6. One of the countries in which M Butterfly takes place.
  6. 8. An outdated term referring to someone or something of East Asian descent or culture.
  7. 10. A Chinese traditional women's dress distinguished by its close fit, high collar, and side slits.
  8. 11. Someone who espouses policies which extend a country's power and influence through military force and diplomacy, often to the detriment of conquered nations.
  9. 14. Also known as Occidental, someone or something of European or North American descent or culture.
  10. 15. The theatre hosting TNT for M Butterfly
  11. 20. The replacement of capitalist or feudal government, social, and economic systems with socialist or communist systems brought about by the organization of the proletariat.