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OVIDIA YU |
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Ovidia Yu writes from a female Singaporean perspective, having no other. So far over thirty of her pieces have been staged, including '3 Fat Virgins', 'Viva Viagra', 'Breast Issues', 'Mistress' and 'Love Calls'. She has also received the Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry Young Artist Award, the Fulbright Award, the National Arts Council Young Artist Award and the Singapore Youth Award for Arts and Culture.
Plays by Ovidia Yu
As I Watch My Daughter Sleeping | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatreworks | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47303 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Be The Food Of Love (Play on ) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatreworks | 1993 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47286 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Breast Issues | ||
| 1st Produced: | Singapore Repertory Theatre | 1997 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | digital copy © National Library Board, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47287 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | 4 characters examine how their relationship to female breasts-from responding to seduction to recovering from cancer | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cupboards | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Necessary Stage | 1990 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47288 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dead On Cue | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Necessary Stage | 1987 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47289 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Every Day Brings Its Miracles | ||
| 1st Produced: | Singapore General Hospital | 1996 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47290 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Face Values | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Shell Players | 1988 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47291 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Family Affairs | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Shell Players | 1989 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47292 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Haunted | ||
| 1st Produced: | Victoria Theatre, Singapore | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47293 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Music and lyrics by Mark Chan | |||||
Synopsis: | Loong Mansion holds many dark secrets. It has been haunted for twenty years by the ghost of a former lover of Old Man Loong, Pamela. One day Charles turns up claiming to be Loong's grandson and claiming the mansion as his own. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hokkien Mee | ||
| 1st Produced: | Action Theatre | 1995 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | digital copy © National Library Board, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47294 | |||
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Genre: | Monologue Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | An old woman relates her journey from being the submissive wife of a first son to replacing her mother-in-law as the domineering family matriarch. To her, a skilled Hokkien cook, the most essential things in life are comparable to the ingredients in Hokkien Mee | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Imagine | ||
| 1st Produced: | Action Theatre | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46762 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ja | ||
| 1st Produced: | Music and Movement | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36009 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ja: One Woman | ||
| 1st Produced: | Music and Movement | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27305 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Land of a Thousand Dreams, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | NTUC | 1995 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #25590 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Life Choices | ||
| 1st Produced: | ZIP Productions | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | digital copy © National Library Board, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47514 | |||
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Genre: | Monologue Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Examining how choices made affect what we become in life; even if the new selves wouldn't make the choices that brought us there. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Love Bytes | ||
| 1st Produced: | 3.14 Drama Company | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47515 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Love Bytes 2 | ||
| 1st Produced: | 3.14 Drama Company | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47516 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Love Calls | ||
| 1st Produced: | Action Theatre | 1997 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | digital copy © National Library Board, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47517 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | The complications of love in the cyberage seen in the life of a radio deejay. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mistress | ||
| 1st Produced: | Action Theatre | 1990 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Mistress and Other Creative Takeoffs, Landmark Books, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47518 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Playing Mothers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Action Theatre | 1996 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47519 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The trials and occasional joys of motherhood as seen through the life experiences of 3 women, Margaret, Cecilia and Seok Imm | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Round and Round the Dining Table | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Necessary Stage | 1988 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | digital copy © National Library Board, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47520 | |||
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Genre: | drama/comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | First Telecast: Singapore Broadcasting Company 12, 1990 | |||||
Synopsis: | An Indian family in Singapore that prides itself on being modern has to examine the racism and sexism that surfaces within it when one of the daughters brings home a Chinese boyfriend | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Six Lonely Oysters | ||
| 1st Produced: | Action Theatre | 1994 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | digital copy © National Library Board, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47521 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Examines loneliness and relationships | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tandem Show | ||
| 1st Produced: | WOW Productions | 1997 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47522 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Three Fat Virgins | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatreworks | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Fat Virgins, Fast Cars and Asian Values, Times Books International, 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47523 | |||
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Genre: | drama/comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Examines the socially and self-imposed image problems so many women have. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Three Fat Virgins Unassembled | ||
| 1st Produced: | WOW Theatre | 1995 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Fat Virgins, Fast Cars and Asian Values - A Collection of of Plays from Theatreworks Writers Lab" published by Times Books International, Singapore , 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47524 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A look at women and work, family and education | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Viva Viagra | ||
| 1st Produced: | Action Theatre | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | digital copy © National Library Board, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47525 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Looks at the little blue pill and its effect on couples-not necessarily couples in conventional relationships | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wife and Mother | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatreworks | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47526 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Woman in a Tree on the Hill, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatreworks | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Playful Phoenix: Women Write for the Singapore Stage, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47527 | |||
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Genre: | drama/comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | he relationship between men and women and women and trees through the years and across cultures is examined in a contemporary couple; Noah and his wife when the floods first go down and years later; and in how a Chinese goddess reconciled divinity and bound feet | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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