EVENT DESCRIPTION
Toh Lai-neung, a sixteen-year-old maiden, dreams of scholar Lau Mung-mui while napping in the Peony Pavilion during a garden outing with her maid. After waking up, Lai-neung falls gravely ill. Before her death, she paints a self-portrait. Her father Prefect Toh Po enshrines the portrait at Plum Blossom Nunnery. Three years later, Mung-mui discovers the portrait while lodging at the nunnery en route to the imperial exams. He feels an inexplicable familiarity that blossoms into affection. Lai-neung’s specter appears to recount their ethereal romance, stopping Mung-mui ‘s attempted suicide and instructing him to open her coffin to resurrect her. After marriage, they relocate to Hangzhou. Lau Mung-mui then travels to Huaiyang to inform Toh Po of Lai-neung’s revival, hoping to reunite her with her family. Unexpectedly, Toh Po dismisses his claim. Finally, the family is reunited through the Emperor’s intervention.
In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles.
Organiser
Hong Kong Cantonese Opera Troupe
Cast
Lau Mung-mui: Thompson Vong Seng-pan
Toh Lai-neung: Liu Li*
Chan Chui-leung: Wyborn Leung Wai-hong
Toh Po: Keith Lai Yiu-wai
Chun Heung: Phoebe Ng Man-ting
The Emperor: Loong Koon-tin (by Courtesy)
*With kind permission of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
