{"product_id":"a-white-rose-at-midnight","title":"A White Rose at Midnight","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Playwright\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/STAGE-Rose-Sample.pdf?6645134265022244130\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTake a look inside\u003c\/a\u003e   |   Get the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/660\/A-White-Rose-at-Midnight\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eE-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the cusp of independence, cultures collide in a bedroom in Singapore. As the Vietnam War rages on, the English-educated scholar Lee Hua Min—“the finest product of the University”—finds himself hopelessly disillusioned. Enter Wong Ching Mei, a Chinese-educated former nightclub singer seeking to enrol in Nanyang University. Mirroring the intense tussles between the English- and Chinese-speaking during Singapore’s formative years, Hua Min and Ching Mei trade ferocious barbs even as they are inexplicably drawn to each other. When Su-Ling, Hua Min’s ex-classmate, returns from London, Hua Min is torn between their advances and the extremely different worlds they inhabit. Humorous, witty and prescient, \u003cem\u003eA White Rose At Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e is a pithy portrait of a soul—and nation—divided.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA White Rose At Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e was first staged to critical acclaim by the Experimental Theatre Club in 1964. It was pioneer playwright Lim Chor Pee’s second and final play after the landmark \u003cem\u003eMimi Fan\u003c\/em\u003e (1962). In 2014, Centre 42 mounted a partial dramatised reading of the play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Full of wit and humour... Though the humour is unending this play has a serious theme \u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e the search for identity by the present day generation.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Straits Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“[Lim Chor Pee has] a mind that has something original to say to an audience which is sympathetic to the growth of Malayan theatre.”\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Straits Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLim Chor Pee\u003c\/strong\u003e was a pioneer Singapore playwright writing in English in the early 1960s, part of a circle of writers and theatre practitioners finding their voice as Singapore gained independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Penang in 1936, he attended the Penang Free School and in 1955, he set sail for England where he read law at St. John's College, Cambridge University. Upon graduation in 1958, he moved to London to sit for the English Bar exams. He came to Singapore in 1959 joining the Singapore Legal Service and later established himself in private practice where he spent the rest of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was the founder president of the Experimental Theatre Club (ETC), which, together with like-minded friends, he set up in 1961 to foster the growth of English language Malayan theatre in a time when the local theatre scene was dominated by expatriates and Western plays. As well as producing plays for ETC, he began to write. The following year his first play \u003cem\u003eMimi Fan\u003c\/em\u003e was staged by ETC at the Drama Centre at Fort Canning. His second play \u003cem\u003eA White Rose at Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e was staged in 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe contributed articles on the development of local theatre to \u003cem\u003eTumasek\u003c\/em\u003e, a literary journal, for which he also served as a member of its editorial advisory board. Started by poet and novelist, Dr. Goh Poh Seng in 1964, \u003cem\u003eTumasek\u003c\/em\u003e aimed to provide a platform to nurture local writers and counted Edwin Thumboo and Robert Yeo among its contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLim practised law for over 40 years until he passed away in December 2006, leaving behind his Swiss-born wife, three children and three grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":7564366403,"sku":"9789814615488","price":16.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/STAGE-Rose-CVF-300.jpg?v=1625542212","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/a-white-rose-at-midnight","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}