China and the West

Wilder, Thornton. The skin of our teeth. (New York, N.Y. : Harper, 1942). [Uraufführung Shubert Theatre, New Haven, Conn., October 15, 1942].
http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780060088934. S. 146.
A whip in the hand and a jogging motion of the body indicated that a man was on horseback in the Chinese theater…