Playwright/Director Joanna Chan
Main Cast Lin Xiawei
Wang Wei
Chow Chi Fai
Lui Si Lan
Tan Hui Lei Karrie
Chan On Yin
Wong Wai Chi
Ko Hon Man
Poon Chan Leung
Andrei Drooz# (New York)
Gregory Rivers#
Jeffrey Glaser# (New York)
Jared Robinsen#
Michael Pizzuto#
Andrew Swift#
Paul Sheehan#
Set Designer Leo Yuen
Costume Designer Edmond Wong
Light Designer Billy Chan
Composer & Sound Designer Yuen Cheuk Wa
Fencing Combat Choreographer James Gitsham
Martial Art Choreographer Paul Poon*
Choreographer Yuri Ng
Hairstyle Consultant KenHon@SNIPS HK

# Guest Actors
*With the Kind Permission of Prospects Theatre

Sponsor


Evening performance on 18 January 2011 is sponsored by Association of China Trend Studies (HK) Ltd.


Hong Kong Repertory Theatre is the Venue Partner of the Hong Kong City Hall

The Empress of China

¡§Empress of China Historical Exhibition¡¨ from 15-30 January at Hong Kong City Hall (Free Admission)

   Introduction

The Legend of the First Trading Ship from the U.S. to China, 1784



This play is based on the first voyage of THE EMPRESS OF CHINA. Blending significant historical figures and fictional characters, it examines the initial encounter of two peoples of drastically diverse experience and exceedingly different ways of looking at themselves and at the world, with their hopes and aspirations, good will and wariness, misconceptions and biases, miscommunication and frustrations, but always with mutual fascination and admiration that continue to this very day. In the forbidden encounter between the dashing Supercargo of THE EMPRESS OF CHINA, Samuel Shaw, and the young beautiful Purple Lotus, daughter of a rich Chinese merchant, a common language was found in their belief in trust, honor and integrity.




15-30.1.2011
Hong Kong City Hall Theatre
15, 19-22, 25-29.1.2011 7:45pm
16, 22-23, 29-30.1.2011 2:45pm
^18.1.2011 8:30pm


^ Evening performance on January 18 is sponsored by Association of China Trend Studies (HK) Ltd. Tickets are not available for public sale.

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