Emily of Emerald Hill programme - Pearlly Chua

Title
Emily of Emerald Hill programme - Pearlly Chua
Year/Period
1999
Region
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 18.0 x 12.5 cm
Accession No.
2014-01142
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Stella kon

This is a small 1999 programme of Pearlly Chua’s performance of Emily of Emerald Hill in Malaysia. Pearlly Chua is a Malaysian actress who has played the role of Emily Gan more times than any other actress. She has acted in the play almost annually since 1990.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.