唐滌生

简介

Tang Ti-sheng, born on June 18, 1917, was a Chinese playwright specializing in Cantonese opera from Hong Kong. He is believed to have been born in northeast China or in Shanghai according to different sources. He studied at Cuiheng Memorial School in Zhongshan County, where he was elected student president and led student and patriotic movements. He moved to Shanghai in 1937 to study at the White Crane Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Shanghai, and joined the Guanghuang Theatre Troupe. After the Japanese invasion, he migrated to Hong Kong in 1937 and worked at the Jue Xiansheng Cantonese Opera Troupe under his cousin's supervision. He learned playwriting from Feng Zhifen and others, and wrote his first work, 江城解语花. In 1956, he became the resident playwright for the Sin Fung Ming Company, producing his most famous works including 红楼梦, 牡丹亭惊梦, 帝女花, and 紫钗记. Tang Ti-sheng died on September 15, 1999, from a cerebral hemorrhage during the premiere of his play 再世红梅记, at the age of 42. He was posthumously awarded the Golden Needle Award in 1986 as the highest musical honor.