Title
Emily of Emerald Hill
Year/Period
1996
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 21.0 x 14.0 cm
Accession No.
2014-01151
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Stella Kon
This is a signed copy of the 1996 reader’s edition of Emily of Emerald Hill. A large image of Stella Kon’s family home, Oberon is on the cover of the book. Oberon also formed the imagined setting for the play. Stella Kon is an award-winning Singapore playwright whose most important work was the 1983 one-woman play, Emily of Emerald Hill. She is also a descendent of two prominent Peranakan philanthropists, Tan Tock Seng and Dr Lim Boon Keng.
