TRETIAKOV, Sergei.

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Roar China. First edition in English, in the attractive jacket, of this revolutionary play based on the execution of three innocent Chinese fishermen near Wanhsien in 1924 - a flashpoint that exposed the tensions and contradictions of the Western semi-colonial presence in China. Performed in theatres from New York to Canton, "it is a fascinating period piece. This is a China of white villains - Americans, English and French all come in for a shellacking" (Asian Review of Books).A Soviet constructivist, Tretiakov (1892-1937) spent a year at Peking University in 1924. Roar China was published in Russian in 1926.

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