Members of the Garrison Players staging perform in a dress rehearsal at City Hall, in 1976. Photo: SCMP
Opinion
Opinion
Then & Now
Colonial life in Asia was a bore, which is why many European exiles turned to ‘am-dram’
- Amateur dramatics provided a welcome relief from the malaise of boredom that gripped colonial life in Hong Kong and elsewhere
- From Calcutta to Canton, treading the boards gave exiles the opportunity to inhabit another’s world, if only for a moment
Members of the Garrison Players staging perform in a dress rehearsal at City Hall, in 1976. Photo: SCMP