“This production offers glimpses into Hong Kong in the 1950s, colloquial proverbs and the essence of the Cantonese opera culture, while still embodying the spirit of Pride and Prejudice.”
— Headline Daily

International Design Awards 2020, Los Angeles, U.S.
Silver in Other Interior Designs

First impressions are unreliable, yet true love is irresistible

Back to Hong Kong in the 1950s, four young and charming daughters of the well-off middle class Pak family live with their parents in Happy Valley.  The mother is eager to marry off her four daughters to wealthy families, in a hope to change their destinies by marriage.

At a grand party, Ka-wai, the second daughter of the Pak family, meets the handsome Mr Tat-chi, who has completed his studies in Britain.  The enchanting party setting is conducive to romantic love and they seem a perfect match… Instead, the first encounter is a hard crash.  Tat-chi is overly proud of his social status and Ka-wai takes an instant dislike to the arrogant heir of a wealthy and prominent family.  Will the poor first impressions break their red thread of fate?

The play is an adaptation of the classic English romantic novel Pride and Prejudice by the famous translator and playwright, Rupert Chan.  To highlight Chung Ying’s unique eastern and western literary background, Rupert exquisitely combines both Chinese and Western elements in his play, demonstrating Hong Kong as a place where East meets West in the 1950s.

Co-presented by Chung Ying Theatre Company and Guangzhou Opera House
Sponsored by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Produced by Chung Ying Theatre Company
Chung Ying Theatre Company is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region