Difficulties of being Asiatic: The show, 'The Tea House of the August Moon', is playing successfully in London but audiences have little idea how much trouble the cast have to look convincingly Asiatic on stage. American actor, Guy Kingsley Poynter and Anglo-Chinese actress, Chin Yu show just how much effort this involves. 1955 Poynter begins pencilling in marks which will transform him into an ancient Asiatic man then powders over marks to tone them down and 'fix' them. ©2006 TopFoto/Ken Russell