Accompanies one on a sunny day to perform a form of East Asian drama (6,4)

I believe the answer is:

shadow play

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'accompanies one on a sunny day to perform a form' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'east asian drama' is the wordplay.
'east asian' becomes 'shadow' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'drama' becomes 'play' (synonyms).
'shadow'+'play'='SHADOW-PLAY'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for shadow play that I've seen is " outlined performance".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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