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Drama written by Sarah Wooley Whatever anyone declared categorically about Shura Giraldi, someone else insisted on the exact opposite. Shura was handsome and beautiful; Shura was kind and good, Shura was exploitative and evil. Shura was just another struggling White Russian refugee trying to get by in 1930s China; Shura was the heart and brains of a gang that ran clubs, sex workers, illicit booze and drugs, when not robbing banks and stealing gems to fence in Shanghai. Shura loved ballet and cabaret, creating the Shura Giraldi Dance Troupe that topped the bill at all the best Peking nightclubs. Shura sometimes presented as male and sometimes as female. When passing as a man Shura bound his breasts tightly and wore a sharp tailored suit; when she was a woman she wore startlingly coloured robes, both Chinese-style cheongsam and Western dresses, letting her raven hair flow loose, said witnesses. Shura had added an incredibly massive layer of confusion and obfuscation to anyone looking

Christmas by the Lake: love, loss and second chances

Robert Lindsay and Niamh Cusack star in tender, poignant drama about a collision of ordinary lives Robert Lindsay and Niamh Cusack ESSENTIAL listening on Christmas Day is Rachel Joyce’s tender new drama, Christmas by the Lake. It’s mid-November. Mary (Niamh Cusack) and Walter (Robert Lindsay), both in their 60s, meet by a lake in a city park. She’s making a Christmas list while Walter appears to be drowning. Mary calls for help. They meet again by the lake. Walter is cross because he ended up being carted off to A&E and insists he was only swimming.

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Peking Noir

Show more Drama written by Sarah Wooley Whatever anyone declared categorically about Shura Giraldi, someone else insisted on the exact opposite. Shura was handsome and beautiful; Shura was kind and good, Shura was exploitative and evil. Shura was just another struggling White Russian refugee trying to get by in 1930s China; Shura was the heart and brains of a gang that ran clubs, sex workers, illicit booze and drugs, when not robbing banks and stealing gems to fence in Shanghai. Shura loved ballet and cabaret, creating the Shura Giraldi Dance Troupe that topped the bill at all the best Peking nightclubs.

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