Tang Ti-sheng

Who was Tang Ti-sheng?

Tang Ti-sheng, born Tang Kang-nien, was a Cantonese opera playwright, scriptwriter, and film director. His contributions to Cantonese opera significantly influenced Hong Kong's reform and development of the genre beginning in the late 1930s. During his twenty-year career, Tang composed over 400 operas and achieved immense popularity within the Cantonese opera scene. He also wrote the film scripts adapted from his own operas, directed the movies and at times acted in them himself. A few of his most famous works include Bird at Sunset, Red Tears of an Aspen, Sweet Dreams, and his last piece The Reincarnation of Lady Plum Blossom.