The Coffin Is Too Big For The Hole Pdf

As part of Huayi 2010 Festival commission: SCENES Beyond life and death, the most absurd funeral feud between the powerful and the powerless begins. A person dies; a funeral ensues; kinfolk amass A coffin for the dead; a hole for the coffin; a set of rules for the living What happens when the coffin is too big for the hole? Who will budge in thie tug-of-war between compassion and the system? Microsoft Office 2007 Blogspot. Based on the original play written in 1985 by Singapore Cultural Medallion winner, Kuo Pao Kun. Playwright Kuo Pao Kun Director, Adaptation Li Xie Lighting Designer stageLIVE (Andy Lim) Music Composer Leslie Low Sound Designer Jeffrey Yue Set Design Jed Lim Production Manager Zhang Shanshan Stage Manager Lam Dan Fong Assistant Stage Manager Tan Weiting Cast Goh Seok Ai Tay Kong Hui Doreen Toh Tan Beng Tian.

This is a brief excerpt from the play. The eldest grandson reminisces on his grandfather`s funeral. A coffin for the dead; a hole for the coffin; a set of rules for the living What happens when the coffin is too big for the hole? Sep 12, 2010 Next on our reading schedule are The Coffin is too Big for the Hole and No Parking on Odd Days which we will be discussing on Sat 18 Sep.

Widely acknowledged as the most significant work of the late Singaporean playwright Kuo Pao Kun, The Coffin Is Too Big For The Hole - about a man's effort to bury his grandfather's oversized coffin in a small plot - is a powerful lament on the helplessness of a citizen living in a rigid country. Registration Key For Idm For. The monologue was performed by the brilliant Lee Chun-chow, who also played the grandson when the play made its debut in Hong Kong in 1987 (pictured).

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The Coffin Is Too Big For The Hole