24 January 1995 – 26 January 1995 @ Drama Centre

Synopsis

In ancient time there was a Goddess of Midwifery in Southern China. Women had to pay tribute to the portrait of the Goddess at the point of labour as well as after delivery.

A modern version of the Goddess of Midwifery takes place in Singapore. Her name is Guan Yuniang. She starts her career as a midwife at the age of 22 and has delivered 9,999 babies. These births are recorded in her dairies, which tightly knit into a web of life stories.

Why did Guan learn midwifery? Where was her husband? Did she have any children? The storyteller at the temple sings about the Goddess of Midwifery everyday. Besides the two stories of eternal virtue, one heavenly and one earthly, how much more of such warmth in mankind lingers in the storyteller's songs?

编剧: 林春兰
导演: 熊源伟
布景及灯光设计: 郭践红
编曲: 潘耀田
服装设计: 吴丽娟, 陈鸣鹊
化妆设计: 陈达铭
幻灯: 林诚忠
摄影: 李白娟
演员:
林佩芳
杨世彬
谢芝炫
吴悦娟
韩雪卿
卢嘉慧
陈雪芳
张华珉
董福来
林翠莲
冯崇慧
吴正泉
汪根源
黄秀明
舞台监督: 陈慧莲
助理舞督: 彭伟权
音响: 吴倩如
布景: 陈茵茵
道具: 张尚诺

(Source: The Theatre Practice Programme)


credits

Lim Soon Lan
Playwright
熊源伟
Director
Kuo Jian Hong
Set Designer, Lighting Designer
Goh Lay Kuan
Costume Designer
Tan Beng Chiak
Costume Designer
陈达铭
Makeup Designer
林诚忠
Slide Operator

artefacts

SPH New Plays Season 3 (1995), Programme
Programme for SPH New Plays Season 3 (1995).
The Theatre Practice
Recorded: 24 January 1995