《春草闖堂》

內容簡介：

相府千金李半月偕婢春草往華山進香，遭尚書之子吳獨調戲，薛玫庭路過仗義解圍，錯手打死吳獨，被押送官衙。楊夫人為報殺子之仇，要胡知府杖斃玫庭。春草救人心切，闖入公堂，訛稱玫庭是相府姑爺。胡知府不敢動刑，氣煞楊夫人，但執意到相府求證，春草初以傻婢秋花假扮小姐遭識破，後終說服小姐認夫。半月帶春草進京向父陳情，卻惹相國震怒，更函命胡知府取玫庭首級解京。春草巧計使送信的王守備滯留府中，讓半月將書信改動，令胡知府大張旗鼓，送玫庭上京就親。文武百官為巴結，爭相送禮到賀，連皇帝亦御賜匾額，相國弄巧反拙，只得強認東床。

演出系列：

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計畫／藝術節：

藝在「指」尺

藝術範疇：

戲曲

編劇： 羅家英
演員： 龍貫天、鄭詠梅、陳鴻進、呂洪廣、黎耀威、王潔清、一点鴻、梁非同
劇團經理： 陳寶蓮
擊樂領導： 游龍
音樂領導： 彭錦信
舞台監督： 白沅縈
服裝道具： 龍嘉寶製作有限公司
燈光佈景： 廣興舞台佈景製作公司

Chuncao breaks into the Trial Court

Presented by: Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Produced by: Hung Ka Po Cantonese Opera Troupe
Platform: YouTube
Link: https://youtu.be/eGL5PhEgW-k

Synopsis: The Prime Minister’s daughter Li Banyue, accompanied by her maid, Chuncao, goes to Huashan on an incense-offering pilgrimage. She is harassed by Wu Du, son of the Minister of Civil Service. A chivalrous young man, Xue Meiting, happens to pass by and comes to their rescue. He kills Wu by accident and is taken into custody and sent to the yamen. Lady Yang, Minister Wu’s wife, tries to force Prefect Hu to flog Xue to death to avenge her son’s death. In a desperate attempt to save him, Chuncao barges into the courtroom, and lies that Xue is the Prime Minister’s son-in-law. Prefect Hu dares not enforce the flogging, to the chagrin of Lady Yang. But he insists to go to the Prime Minister’s Residence to confirm. At first Chuncao tries to pull wool over his eyes by saying the slow-witted maid, Qiuhua, is her mistress and the Prime Minister’s daughter, but the lie is soon discovered. She persuades Banyue to acknowledge Xue as her husband. The two then go to the capital to explain the case to the Prime Minister. But he flies into a rage and writes a letter to instruct Hu to deliver Xue’s head to the capital instead. Chuncao plays a trick to detain the official messenger, and asks Banyue to change the content of the letter before it is delivered. On receipt of it, the sycophantic Prefect Hu is more than happy to make a big fanfare out of it and give Xue a rousing send-off to the capital. The procession rattles the capital and all officials send gifts and congratulations. Even the Emperor bestows a plaque to mark the happy occasion. Prime Minister Li cannot but accept Xue as his son-in-law.

Scheme/ Festival: Click for Arts
Art Form: Xiqu

Playwright: Law Ka-ying
Cast: Loong Koon-tin, Cheng Wing-mui, Chan Hung-chun, Lui Hung-kwong, Lai Yiu-wai, Wang Kit-ching, Yat Dim-hung, Leung Fei-tung