These are the first photos from The Steampunk Opium Wars staged Thursday 16th February 2012 to almost 300 people at the National Maritime Museum.
Photographs by Jan Jefferies taken on my Lumix TZ20 camera except where stated.
To see these full size, click on the first pic and then click on the full-size photo to advance to the next one, and so on.
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- The evening commences
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- The Steampunk Opium Wars gets under way
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- Queen Victoria’s Royal War Decree
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- Anna Chen as The Narrator
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- Sir Jardine-Matheson and the case for war
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- Sir Jardine-Matheson puts his case to Lord Palmerston
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- Commissioner Lin Zexu arrives in Canton
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- Queen Victoria reads Commissioner Lin’s letter
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- Queen Victoria rejects Lin Zexu’s appeal.
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- Lin Zexu’s Protest song
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- Lin Zexu demands the British merchants’ opium.
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- Lord Palmerston declares war on China
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- Captain Ironside describes the war
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- Lord Elgin orders the burning of the Summer Palace
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- Mr Cobstone addresses Parliament
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- So, what’s it all about? All hail Britannia
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- Britannia sings “Money”
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- Britannia demands your money
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- Charles Shaar Murray and Marc Jefferies
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- Charles Shaar Murray and his Strat
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- Marc Jefferies on electrified basso profundo
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- Anna Chen as the Narrator
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- Anna Chen as The Narrator
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- Anna Chen as The Narrator
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- Anna Chen as The Narrator
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- Anna Chen as The Narrator
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- Anna Chen as The Narrator
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- The cast prepare for their curtain call
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- The Cast take a bow
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- Gary Lammin presents the Hackney Tea Ceremony
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- Sukey photographs Hugo Trebels and Anna Chen
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- Sukey photographs Anna Chen
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- Anna Chen and Neil Hornick (Captain Ironside)
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- Lord Palmerston and Commissioner Lin Zexo
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- John and Anna in the National Maritime Museum
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- John Crow after the show
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- Farrago Poetry History Slam workshop
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- A steampunk contestant in the Farrago Poetry History Slam
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- Anna announces the winner
The Steampunk Opium Wars pages:
The Steampunk Opium Wars Home Page
Afterview
The Company: who we are and how to find us.
Gallery: debut performance at the National Maritime Museum.
VIDEO: Lin Zexu Just Says No!
VIDEO: Britannia sings “Money”
VIDEO: Gary Lammin presents the Hackney Tea Ceremony
VIDEO: Anna Chen sings Anna May Wong Must Die!
VIDEO: Anna Chen sings The Camellia & the Poppy
What they said …