Visitors from cities such as Bangkok and Chiang Mai continue to trek up the winding dirt road to the tin-roofed retreat Mr. Thongbai built at the top of Hidden Hill here to pray before Buddha statues and paintings of Suthat.
Mr. Byrd estimates that New York audiences for his "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" were 70% to 80% African-American, slightly better than the turnout for "Stick Fly, " the chronicle of an affluent black family during a complicated weekend on Martha's Vineyard.
Mr Cameron urged the prime minister to show more leadership on the issue, saying he had demonstrated a "tin ear" over the amount of public anger and calls for immediate reform.