Perfect Wives in Cantonese Operas
Seminar Hall, Xiqu Centre , 04.01.2019
Many Cantonese opera plots are based on stories about the joys and sorrows of love and married life. The wives in these tales are sometimes meek and loving, other times powerful and cunning. But what constitutes a “perfect wife” in a Cantonese opera play?
In this talk, Cheung Ping-
In The Legend of the White Snake, the wife Bai Suzhen wages a fierce battle to save her marriage and keep her husband Xu Xian – but her fierce passion cannot change the fact that she is a snake in human form. Despite being good and loyal, the wives in Forty Years of Cherished Love and Time to Go Home are both, for various reasons, rejected by their mothers-in-law. And in The Outburst of a Shrew, the wife’s passion for her husband turns to bitter anger when he takes a concubine.
While all of these women demonstrate love for their husbands, what characteristics would make them ideal wives for the male protagonists of the Cantonese opera stage?
Date:
4 January 2019 (Friday)
Time:
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Venue:
Seminar Hall, 2/F, Xiqu Centre
Speaker:
Dr Cheung Ping-kuen
Language:
Cantonese
Fee:
Free admission. Limited capacity on a first come, first served basis. Please register online in advance.
Enquiries:
Ms Leung (852) 2200 0872, learning@wkcda.hk
Accessibility Services:
Cantonese audio description and Hong Kong sign language interpretation are available upon request with at least 14 days’ advance notice
Adverse Weather Arrangements:
The talk will be cancelled if a black rainstorm warning or a typhoon signal no. 8 or above is in force at/after
About Speaker:
Dr Cheung Ping-
Between 1996 and 2007, Dr Cheung was a member of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, where he chaired the Drama Committee and helped shape the landscape of the contemporary Hong Kong
Dr Cheung is an experienced theatre practitioner and theatre critic. As a committed drama educator, he was the founding chairman of Hong Kong Drama/Theatre and Education Forum (TEFO) and the co-director of the 6th World Congress of the International Drama and Theatre Education Association in 2007.
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