Through the setting of the nineteenth century British colonialism in Act I, Churchill explores the connections between race, gender, sexuality and the politics of oppression.

• 第一幕的背景被设置在19世纪的英国殖民地，在这一幕中邱吉尔着重探讨了关于种族、生理性别和社会性别方面的对人性的压迫。