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Thu
Dec
2018
19:30
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13
Thu
Dec
2018
19:30 |
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$380, $300, $220, $120 |
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Auditorium, Kwai Tsing Theatre |
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Chinese Opera
Cantonese Opera Development Fund 'New Cantonese Opera Play Scriptwriting Competition' Outstanding Script Award
Sun Moon Star Cantonese Opera Lu Buwei - A Kingly Potential Asset
Lu Buwei - A Kingly Potential Asset
The story takes place towards the end of the Warring States period. Yiren, a minor prince of Qin, is held hostage in the Zhao State. Lu Buwei, a merchant, sees him as a rare commodity. He seeks Yiren out, befriends him and offers him his own concubine, Zhao Ji, who is already pregnant at the time. The baby is going to be later the First Emperor of Qin, Ying Zheng. Lu sells all his assets and moves the whole family to the State of Qin. With his ingenious schemes, he succeeds in paving the way for Yiren’s return to his native country. A few years have passed. Yiren is declared heir to the throne, to which he ascends later. But he is poisoned to death by Buwei who wants to put Ying Zheng in his place. Zheng is only in his early teens, so his mother, Zhao Ji becomes regent. Buwei is highly regarded as his honoured ‘father figure’. Zheng grows up to be an intelligent young man with sharp political acumen. He also has the help of Li Si as strategist. So with the backup support of Buwei, they set a trap to get rid of Ying’s younger brother, Chengjiao, the true son of the Ying bloodline. This marks the total takeover of the Ying’s by the Lu’s. Lu Buwei, who started out as a mere merchant, succeeded in plotting a grand political scheme to take over the State of Qin. Although he came to a bad end, taking the bane of his own making, he has gone down in history as an entrepreneurial genius, and one of his kind.
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Ng Chin-fung |
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Lu Buwei |
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Yuen Siu-fai |
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Li Si |
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Wan Fai-yin |
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Zhao Ji |
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Song Hongbo |
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Ying Zheng |
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Leung Sum-yee |
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The Princess Consort |
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Lui Hung-kwong |
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Yiren |
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Yat Dim-hung (12/12) / Wan Yuk-yu (13/12) |
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Fan Wuqi |
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Wan Chi-hung |
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Chengjiao |
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Kong Wing-hung |
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Jinhua |
The running time of the performance is approximately 3 hours and 20 minutes including an intermission of 15 minutes.
Lyrics and dialogue with Chinese and English surtitles
Information provided by the arts group
TICKETING
DATE VENUE PRICE 12.12.2018 (Wed) - 13.12.2018 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
Auditorium, Kwai Tsing Theatre
$380, $300, $220, $120
DATE12.12.2018 (Wed) - 13.12.2018 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
PRICE
$380, $300, $220, $120