Compiled from the Performing Arts programmes* and Visual Arts exhibition records from HKADC’s Arts Yearbooks and Annual Arts Survey projects dating from 2010.

Chun Cao’s Intrusion at the Court-Cantonese Opera Extravaganza for Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of HKSAR

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Art Genres / Sub-categories

Cantonese Opera

Location

Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Lyric Theatre

Start Date

2017/08/24

End Date

2017/08/25

Art Genres / Sub-categories

Cantonese Opera

Location

Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Lyric Theatre

Start Date

2017/08/24

End Date

2017/08/25

Chun Cao’s Intrusion at the Court-Cantonese Opera Extravaganza for Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of HKSAR

Description

Description

The Prime Minister’s daughter, Li Banyue, and her maid, Chuncao, went to the temple and are harassed by a high-ranking official’s son, Wu Du. Xue Meiting tries to rescue Banyue and accidentally beats Wu Du to death. Meiting is arrested and Wu Du’s mother Lady Wu, asks the local magistrate to beat Meiting to death. In an attempt to save Meiting, Chuncao barges into court and makes a bogus claim that Meiting is the Prime Minister’s son-in-law but Magistrate Hu insists on verifying Meiting’s status. Finally, Chuncao has got the consent from Banyue to accept Meiting as her husband. Banyue then tries to get consent from her father, the Prime Minister, but he is very upset and writes a letter to ask Magistrate Hu to execute Meiting. Chuncao has stolen the letter and Banyue makes some changes to the wordings. Magistrate Hu is tricked to send Mei-ting to the capital as the most prestigious son-in-law of the Prime Minister and even the Emperor sends them a wedding present. The Prime Minister is forced to accept the marriage at the end.

Co-organiser / Co-presenter Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Details of production team are only available in Chinese

Info

Lowest Price

$100

Highest Price

$280

Indoor / Outdoor

Indoor

Local / Non-local Production

Local

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