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 With over an hours hard cosmetic work to go, Poynter looks in the mirror, puffs on a cigarette and carries on. ©2006 TopFoto/Ken Russell