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In an allegorical shop drama, Svenson is repeatedly pressed by a gangster-like buyer to sell iron. As neighboring shopkeepers Austrian and Czech are attacked, Svenson refuses to join Herr Britt’s pact against the gangster, who represents Nazi Germany; Svenson ultimately becomes a victim himself.
After the gods reward the prostitute Shen Teh for sheltering them, she buys a tobacco shop, but her generosity draws people who exploit it. To protect herself she adopts the identity of her stern male cousin Shui Ta, whose business acumen turns the shop into a factory. As she falls in love with an unemployed pilot and becomes pregnant, the boundary between the two identities strains; the play leaves the audience to confront whether goodness can survive in an unjust society.
In an allegorical shop drama, Svenson is repeatedly pressed by a gangster-like buyer to sell iron. As neighboring shopkeepers Austrian and Czech are attacked, Svenson refuses to join Herr Britt’s pact against the gangster, who represents Nazi Germany; Svenson ultimately becomes a victim himself.
After the gods reward the prostitute Shen Teh for sheltering them, she buys a tobacco shop, but her generosity draws people who exploit it. To protect herself she adopts the identity of her stern male cousin Shui Ta, whose business acumen turns the shop into a factory. As she falls in love with an unemployed pilot and becomes pregnant, the boundary between the two identities strains; the play leaves the audience to confront whether goodness can survive in an unjust society.