Question.2455 - In Madame Ho, author Eugenie Chan tells the story of her great, great grandmother, who managed a brothel in early days San Francisco, known during the gold rush as the "Barbary Coast."In no more than a page, and citing specific examples, write about your understanding of how Chan engages gender issues and depicts women in the play addressing this question: Why does Chan have the actresses playing the female roles, also take turns playing Bo, and any other male character, and does not cast male actors in it?
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