PolyU Theatre Reader’s Theatre: Inherit the Wind

Reader’s Theatre
Reader’s theatre is a particular form of theatre in which actors use only vocal expression as the primary means of storytelling, allows audience to understand, contemplate and interrogate the written text critically.

Inherit the Wind
Director & Moderator: Luther Fung
Cast: Chung King-fai, Ngai Ping-long and 40 PolyU Theatre Members
Playwrights: Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
Translator: Dominic Cheung
Sound Design: Stoa Lau

Synopsis
Inherit the Wind, a modern theatrical classic written by American writers Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee in 1955, sets its stage in a courtroom where a secondary school teacher is prosecuted for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. Two prominent lawyers debate and defend their own beliefs, essentially symbolizing the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy. This play is a fictionalized account of the historic Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925, which cast a long shadow in many aspects of American society.
Directed by Mr Luther Fung, this reader’s theatre production is jointly presented and produced by the PolyU Theatre and Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies. Dr Chung King-fai, Mr Ngai Ping-long and members of the PolyU Theatre are among the cast. Inherit the Wind will be performed in Cantonese using the script translated by Mr Dominic Cheung.

27-28 November 2018 (Tue, Wed)
7:30 pm
Jockey Club Auditorium, PolyU
Regular ticket prices: $120

Special PolyU Discounts:
Students: $30
Staff and Alumni: $60

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Performed in Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles

Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes with an intermission of 15 minutes.
              
The presenters reserve the right to change the programme and performers should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary.

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