在海外传播中国文化的过程中，英语中国剧与原汁原味的戏曲作品一样，发挥了十分重要的作用。自上世纪初以来，夏威夷的几代华人和非华裔艺术家们搬演了许多中国剧。历史上影响最大、 制作次数最多、 持续时间最长的剧作《黄马褂》 ，堪称中国剧的经典。这部剧作使许多非华裔人士对中国文化产生了浓厚兴趣， 为彰显华人身份、 传承中国文化传统、 丰富夏威夷的多元文化做出了积极贡献。

Chinese plays in the English language， as well as traditional Chinese drama， have played a significant role in disseminating Chinese culture across the world． Since the beginning of last century， generations of theatrical artists in Hawaii， Chinese and non-Chinese， have produced over a dozen of Chinese plays， among which “The Yellow Jacket”was the most influential and popular， and lasted the longest． The productions of this play aroused a keen interest in Chinese culture among non-Chinese in Hawaii， and contributed a great deal to the cultural identification of the Hawaiian Chinese， promoting traditional Chinese culture and the enrichment of the pluralistic Hawaiian culture．