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Unit 8 David Henry Hwang I. Introduction to Chinese American Dramas Pear Garden in the West 1. Chinese Opera comes to America On October 8, 1852, at the height of the Gold Rush, a troupe of twenty Chinese male and female jugglers performed in San Francisco’s 2000 seat American Theatre. On October 20, at the same theater, Tung Hook Tong troupe presented the first classical Chinese operas. This marked the beginning of flourishing of Chinese American performing arts of modern America. Chinese opera staged in San Francisco from 1852 to the 1880s differed little from those staged in China at t