The Coffin is Too Big for the Hole Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral
Notable awards
1989: Cultural Medallion 1992: Culture Award, JCCI, Singapore 1993: ASEAN Cultural Award (Performing Arts) 1996: Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 2002: Excellence for Singapore Award
Spouse
Goh Lay Kuan
Children
Daughters: Kuo Jian Hong Kuo Jing Hong
Kuo Pao Kun (1939 – 10 September 2002) (simplified Chinese: 郭宝崑; traditional Chinese: 郭寶崑; pinyin: Guō Bǎokūn; Wade–Giles: Kuo1 Pao3 K'un1) was a playwright, theatre director, and arts activist[1] in Singapore who wrote and directed both Mandarin and English plays. He founded three arts and drama centres in Singapore,[2] conducted and organised a number of drama seminars and workshops, and mentored Singaporean and foreign directors and artists.
Kuo is acknowledged by both locals and foreigners as the pioneer of Singapore theatre, and was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 1990 for his contributions to Singapore theatre.[3] His plays are characterised for their dramatic and social commentary,[4] use of simple metaphors and multiculturalism themes,[5] and have been staged locally and internationally.
^Kwok, Kian-Woon. "Remembering Kuo Pao Kun (1939–2002)." Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 4.2 (2003): 193–201.
^TTRP. "TTRP Founders." 2006. Theatre Training and Research Programme. 18 April 2008 <http://www.ttrp.edu.sg/TTRP/founders.html Archived 20 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine>
^Omar, Marsita. "Kuo Pao Kun." 6 June 2007. National Library Board Singapore: Singapore Infopedia. 18 April 2008
^Lo, Jacqueline. "Theatre in Singapore: an interview with Kuo Pao Kun." Australasian Drama Studies 23 (1993)
^Kuo, Pao Kun. Images at the Margins: A Collection of Kuo Pao Kun's Plays. Singapore: Times Books International, 2000.
of their plays. Lim also acted in the English-language versions of KuoPaoKun's influential plays The Coffin is Too Big for the Hole (1985) and No Parking...
Marion Potts Kip Williams, artistic director of Sydney Theatre Company KuoPaoKun Garry McQuinn, co-founder of RGM Productions Sally Riley, Head of Scripted...
TheatreWorks: Trojan Women by Euripides (Andromeda, 1991) Lao Jiu by KuoPaoKun (ensemble, Perth Festival 1994) Music & Movement: Kampong Amber by Catherine...
times each. A number of Singaporean writers such as Tan Swie Hian and KuoPaoKun have contributed work in more than one language. Singapore has a diverse...
educator, and pioneer of dance in Singapore. Together with her husband, KuoPaoKun, she co-founded the Singapore Performing Arts School (now The Theatre...
first independent contemporary arts centre. It was founded in 1990 by KuoPaoKun. The Substation is centrally located in the city's civic district and...
6 August 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2010. Kuo, PaoKun. Images at the Margins: A Collection of KuoPaoKun's Plays. Singapore: Times Books International...
languages. A number of Singaporean writers such as Tan Swie Hian and KuoPaoKun have contributed work in more than one language. However, such cross-linguistic...
www.nas.gov.sg. Retrieved 13 December 2021. Kuo, PaoKun. Images at the Margins: A Collection of KuoPaoKun's Plays. Singapore: Times Books International...
of Singapore's Committee for Private Education. Founded by dramatist KuoPaoKun and current director, T. Sasitharan in 2000, the school takes in a maximum...
skits and projects. Yeo cites her acting mentor, the late theatre doyen KuoPaoKun, as a significant influence in her career. Her role as Mei in the 2009...
both Asian and Western theatre traditions: training as a director with KuoPaoKun of Practice Performing Arts in Singapore; ballet, jazz and contemporary...
Lianhe Zaobao. 31 August 2011. pp. 22–23. Kuo, PaoKun (2000). Images at the Margins: A Collection of KuoPaoKun's Plays. Singapore: Times Books International...
Grandpa's Bak Kut Teh (阿公肉骨茶), produced and written by theatre maestro KuoPaoKun. Beginning his career on stage in 1957, Liang was also a Rediffusion...
Singapore Press Holdings. The Straits Times. Retrieved 10 September 2014. Kuo, PaoKun (8 June 1984). "A dream, a spark". Singapore Monitor. Retrieved 10 September...
The Substation, an arts centre in Singapore founded by the playwright KuoPaoKun. Chew enrolled in Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) in 1964, in a batch of...
Bo Seng. He survived the war and later died in 2012 at the age of 96. KuoPaoKun, prominent playwright, theatre director, and arts activist in Singapore...
their three children. Shortly after Lee's death, Singaporean playwright KuoPaoKun remarked that "the value of Lee's art could not be refuted". In 2007...
Goode), Bar Harbor, The Unusual Cabaret (1991) Lao Jiu (老九) (book by KuoPaoKun/adapted by Wu Xi & Zhang Xian, lyrics by XiaoHan, Wu Xi, & Yang Qian)...
the "finest plays in 50 years" alongside productions by Goh Poh Seng, KuoPaoKun and Alfian Sa'at and others. Born in Muar, Malaysia to a schoolteacher...
of the "finest plays in 50 years" with productions by Michael Chiang, KuoPaoKun and Alfian Sa'at. In the same year, The Straits Times' Akshita Nanda...
local Malay community, and to the Practice Theatre Ensemble (founded by KuoPaoKun) to support Chinese theatrical art in Singapore. Chen is historicised...
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