The Archive · 1937

White Jade Frost

BACK IN PEIPING

Ban on Chinese Actress is Reported Raised Peiping, June 29.

After an enforced absence of more than three years Pai Vu Shangh or White Jade Frost, the well-known Chinese "Peng Peng" actress, will Shortly appear on the Peiping stage again, according to information from Chinese sources.

She returned Kam Tientsin at noon to-day and, confided to Chinese reporters that the municipal author had considered favourably her recent petition the removal of the ban on her stage appearances in Peiping. and that the ban would be rescinded provided. she signed a statement pledging herself not to appear in those plays deemed detrimental to good morals.

Pai Vu Shangh further said that she had decided to comply with the conditions laid down by the municipality and that she expected to appear at the Kwang Teh Lou outside the Chien Men early next.month.

A favourite and idol of thousands of Chinese theatre-goers in the Tien-chiao district, Pai was expelled from Peiping by Colonel Yuan Liang, then Mayor, about three years ago because he took exception to some of h plays She went to Hankow and Shanghai, where she scored an mediate hit with the Chinese publi Later she tried to open a season Nanking but there the authorities banned her plays and forbade her appearances.

Returning to Shanghai she repeated her successes. Early this year she quarreled with her foster mother and came to North China. At first the local authorities refused to remove the ban imposed by Colonel Yuan Liang but have now reconsidered their decision—Reuter.

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