The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre has made Children of a Lesser God accessible to deaf people through the services of a signer on stage, appropriate for a drama which centres on problems of the hearing and speech impaired.
Performed in Putonghua, the play explores the clash of two worlds that only understanding and mutual respect can bridge.
Set in a school for the deaf, it revolves around a young enthusiastic male teacher, James and his deaf female student, a problem pupil who refuses to learn to speak.
Teacher and student fall in love and eventually get married but the relationship ends in acrimony.
Sarah leaves her husband, rejecting his sympathy and his attempts to make her speak, which she sees as an attempt to make her into someone she isn't.
The set by Anthony Chan was simple and abstract and cleverly complemented the dialogue - the most essential element of the play.