Operetta Hang Li Poh 漢麗寶 (1971)
Synopsis
“Hang Li Po” is a 4-act operatta based on two episodes of the ‘Sejarah Melayu’ . The times set in the 15th century and the place is Melaka.
The first part depicts the union in marriage of Princess Hang Li Po of the Ming Dynasty of China and Sultan Mansur, the sixth Ruler of Melaka Sultanate, as described in parts 5 to 8 of the 15th Chapter of Volumn I of the ‘Sejah Melayu’.
The second part is an account of how Sultan Mansur and his subjects worked in wholehearted cooperation in defeating outside aggression , as described in the first chapter of Volume II.
Sandiwara “Hang Li Po” mengandangi 4 babak. Setera-nya di-petek menurut dua bahagian yang tertulis dalam “Sejarah Melayu”. Kesah-nya terjadi di Melaka pada abad yang ke-15.
Bahagian pertama ia-lah menggambarkan perminangan di-antara putera Melaka– Sultan Mansor Shah ke-VI dengan puteri China — Hang Li Po pada dinastia Meng. (di-petek dari Sejarah Melayu (buiu peruana) ALKESAH CHETERA YANG KELIMA BELAS –perenggan lima hinge perenggan lapan)(lihat chatatan 1)
Bahagian media mencheritakan Sultan dengan ra’ayat jelita-nya bersama2 mempertahankan kedaulatan negara. (di-petek dari Sejarah Melayu (buiu kedua) — ALKESAH CHETERA YANG PERTAMA)
Credits
- Playwright:Liu Ko 劉戈
- Original Local Script:Yes
- Company Name:The Dramatic Society 劇藝研究會
- Date:1971, November 20~28
- Total Showing:9
- Venue:Dewan Bandaraya Town Hall, KL
- Language:Mandarin
- Director:Siah Kim Fook 謝金福
- Choreographer:Siah Kim Fook 謝金福
- Composer:Chan Lok Hung 陳洛漢
- Musical Director:Conductor : Hooi Kin Kiong 許慶強
- Principal Cast:
Florence Pong 龐翹輝, Toh Chor Soon 杜祖舜
- Producer:Yiu Hong 姚天平, Yeow Choon Hooi 姚春暉, Leong Chi Sin 梁志成, Sang Siong Toh 辛上圖, Lim Heng Kiap 林挺甲
