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Candace Chong
Chong in 2022
Born (1976-09-09) September 9, 1976 (age 49)
Hong Kong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese莊梅岩
Simplified Chinese庄梅岩
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhuāng Méiyán
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzong1 mui4 ngaam4

Candace Chong Mui-ngam (Chinese: 莊梅岩; Jyutping: zong1 mui4 ngaam4) is a Chinese playwright from Hong Kong whose plays include French Kiss (2005), Murder in San José (2009) and The Wild Boar (2012). She has won the Hong Kong Drama Award for Best Script seven times.[1]

Early life and education

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Chong was born in Fujian, China in 1976.[2] The characters “Mui-ngam" (梅岩) in her name were derived from her parents' ancestral origins.[3] She spent her early childhood in Fujian. Her father was a director of Fujian's traditional Liyuan opera, while her mother worked as a primary school teacher.[4] Both of her parents were part of the Wengongtuan [zh] (文工團), organized the People's Liberation Army.[4] Chong also has a younger brother who is three years her junior.[5] At the age of three, Chong moved to Hong Kong with her parents.[6]

After settling in Hong Kong, her father worked as a security guard and her mother became a factory worker.[5] The family lived in Shek Tong Tsui on Whitty Street.[3] Chong later attended the afternoon session of Kau Yan School,[citation needed] graduating from Primary Six in 1989,[citation needed] before enrolling at St. Paul's Co-educational College.[7] At school, Chong studied the arts stream and performed particularly well in Chinese.[3] She also developed an early interest in theatre, taking part in short-play projects as both a director and playwright.[3] After graduating from secondary school in 1995, Chong enrolled at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she studied psychology in the Faculty of Social Science.[4] She was a member of Shaw College.[8] After graduating in 1999 she studied playwriting at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and then travelled to London for a master's degree at Royal Holloway, University of London.[1]

Career

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After completing her formal education, Chong joined the Chung Ying Theatre Company where she wrote her plays[9] Alive in the Mortuary (2003), Shall We Go to Mars? (2005), French Kiss (2005), Murder in San José (2009) and The Wild Boar (2012).[10] In 2011 she worked with American composer Huang Ruo to write a libretto for the opera Dr. Sun Yat-sen. The completed work premiered at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing and later was adapted worldwide.[11]

Works

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Plays

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  • Alive in the Mortuary (留守太平間; 2002)
  • Shall We Go to Mars? (找個人和我上火星; 2004)
  • French Kiss (法吻; 2005)
  • Murder in San José (聖荷西謀殺案; 2009)
  • The Wild Boar (野豬; 2012)
  • The Professor (教授; 2013)
  • May 35th (5月35日; 2019)
  • One Last Gift (最後禮物; 2022)
  • My Very Short Marriage (短暫的婚姻; 2022)
  • We are gay (我們最快樂; November 2022)
  • Show Me Your Love! (愛我別走; 2023)
  • Sing Out (奮青樂與路; 2025) - musical

Opera

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Television series

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  • My Very Short Marriage (短暫的婚姻; 2017)

References

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  1. 1 2 Leung, Jancie (9 October 2012). "Candace Chong: The playwright who draws inspiration from a complicated world". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "【六四三十】創作舞台劇《5月35日》 莊梅岩：六四從未講清楚！" (in Traditional Chinese). HK01. 3 June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 香港電台第一台廣播節目《守下留情》於2022年1月10至12日播出的訪問
  4. 1 2 3 "戲劇，可以觀照人生──專訪莊梅岩" (in Traditional Chinese). Master Insight 灼見名家. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 "婚姻達人莊梅岩 相處之短暫，美好之脆弱" (in Traditional Chinese). Ming Pao. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022 – via Line Today.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ Nathan, John (20 May 2024). "Don't write about Tiananmen Square, the agent said - we're watching you". The London Times. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "創校艱辛屢創「第一」 百周年校慶聖保羅推電子教學". Apple Daily. 21 September 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "關於編劇：莊梅岩". 中大通訊第421期. The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 19 August 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Making words sing". South China Morning Post. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  10. ↑ Lee, Esther Kim (2015). The Theatre of David Henry Hwang. Bloomsbury. p. 186. ISBN 978-1472512086.
  11. ↑ Isaacs, Gregory Sullivan (15 August 2014). "East Meets West". Theater Jones. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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