{"id":5557,"date":"2016-10-12T16:37:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T10:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=5557"},"modified":"2024-01-16T11:55:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T03:55:20","slug":"1566-provost-office-20161019163958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/1566-provost-office-20161019163958\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Margin by Hong Kong Theatre Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

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12 October 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arts at HSMC<\/i> presented a drama adapted from Water Margin<\/i>, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature, by Hong Kong Theatre Works. \u00a0Mr Hardy Tsoi, Director and Playwright, gave a brief on the historical background of the play and talked about his inspiration to make this adaptation before the show.\u00a0Three actors, namely Mac Tu, Walter Leung and Edmond Kok, were casted in over 20 stage roles in the 60-minute performance adapted from seven excerpts of the classical novel.\u00a0 The narration, acting,gestures and costumes all contributed to bringing the audience back to the Song Dynasty to witness the outlaws in action. \u00a0The audience seized the opportunity to have an interactive post-show discussion with Mr Tsoi on his invaluable experience as a director and playwright and the significance of the classical novel to contemporary audience.<\/p>\n

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The monk master (left) ordered the departure of Lu<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Lu<\/p>\n

Lu engaged in a fight to rescue Lam<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Drunken<\/p>\n

Drunken Wu did not believe that there was a tiger on the mount<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"About<\/p>\n

About 100 students and staff enjoyed the performance<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"(From<\/p>\n

(From left) Director Hardy Tsoi, Provost Gilbert Fong and actor Mac Tu<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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