The play opens with Sydney Swettenham, wife of the Resident General of Malaya and later, Governor of Singapore, reminiscing her youth while in an asylum in London in 1938.
She recalls the heady days of the summer of 1877 when she was wooed by Frank Swettenham, their subsequent marriage in February 1878 and arrival in Singapore in May of the same year.
Sydney’s recollection of her life in Malaya and Singapore and her marital misery do not follow any chronological order. Already 80 years old at the time of her divorce, the feisty lady pours vitriol on her much respected husband’s reputation and the society she found herself in.
The young Sydney, while an accomplished pianist and popular in Perak and Selangor for her “theatricals” is best remembered as the architect of the Taiping Lake Gardens which still stands in its original pristine glory and is still a popular park in Perak today.
Rumor (Director: Roberta Carreri)
Tells the story of the performer’s grandmother who was a lady of the theater. Besides being an actress, she was also a landlady renting out rooms of her large apartment to the “ladies of the night”. She would take her young daughters with her on tour and unbeknown to her, they suffered at the hands of pedophiles and unscrupulous “friends”.
Performance Schedule:
Date
Time
15 Jan 2010, Fri (Corporate Night - Not for Sale)
8:30pm
16 Jan 2010,Sat
8:30pm
17 Jan 2010,Sun
8:30pm
18 Jan 2010,Mon
8:30pm
19 Jan 2010, Tue
8:30pm
CATEGORY
TICKET PRICE
REMARKS
Adult
RM53
Free Seating
Student
RM23
Free Seating
Senior Citizen
RM23
Free Seating
* One ticket admits one person only. No child sharing seat or babies in arms.
* Admission with ticket for aged 12 and above. NO ADMISSION for child aged below 12.
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