Play review - "Fortune" by Hilary Bell

Chinese in the Australian Gold Rush, specifically a seven foot eleven year old called Chang. I would have loved to have seen this on stage to see how it would have worked. There is a strong story, even if at times it seems a bit familiar: the rough tart with the heart of gold who befriends Chang, the smooth talking villain who rips off then rapes the woman (perhaps this character is a little too PC - he seems a bit too conveniently evil), the Chinese woman who has given up her culture and replaces it. It all works, though. Best scene is when Chang raids the Chinese grave for money, this has real impact.