Princess Eugenie caught up in \'racism\' row over white actors playing Chinese

[Jennifer]

It's best that the Chinese characters in the London theatre are played by real Asian actors. Using the White actors to play their roles is offensive because it will look like they are making fun of the features of another race when they imitate them. This is racism and Princess Eugenie should revoke her patronage of the London theatre if they don't change this.

Princess Eugenie has found herself caught up in an embarrassing racism row over the use of white actors to play Chinese characters at a London theatre where she is the Royal patron.

Campaigners have urged her to revoke her patronage of the Print Room at The Coronet, in Notting Hill, after accusations of 'yellowcasting'.

The Princess, daughter of Prince Andrew and the Duchess of York, was said to have been delighted after being made royal patron of the Print Room last month.

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Princess Eugenie caught up in 'racism' row over white actors playing Chinese parts

Princess Eugenie's role as Royal patron of the Print Room at The Coronet has caused her to be caught in an embarrassing racism row after the Notting Hill theatre was accused of 'yellowcasting' – hiring white actors to play Chinese characters.

A former cinema – famously featured in the 1999 Richard Curtis film Notting Hill – the newly reinvented Print Room welcomed a delighted Princess Eugenie as its royal patron only last month. The theatre now faces attacks, however, after casting white actors to play Chinese characters in its first play, In the Depths of Dead Love, which is directed by Gerrard McArthur and written by Howard Barker.

Theatre director Andrew Keates has written an open letter to the Print Room, which accuses the venue of endorsing the 'racist, outdated and unnecessary practice of "yellowface"' and encourages the theatre to hire 'appropriate' actors.

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Princess Eugenie caught up in ?racism? row over white actors playing Chinese parts – Royal Central