LEE Fook Hai @ Lee Dai Soh 李福鸿@李大傻
Vanishing Trades,
Accession Number 000260
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 7
Total Reels
- Liana Tan & Yeo Geok Lee
Interviewer
- 02:52:23
Total Running Time
- Cantonese
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 7
Metadata
- 22 Mar 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:13
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Family background. Memories of childhood. Visits to Harbour Board. Lunar New Year celebrations during childhood. Names of schools established by different Chinese dialect groups. Memories of school days at Yeung Ching School.Deeply influenced by drama sessions held at school. His educational background. One Mandarin lesson per week at school.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 7
Metadata
- 22 Mar 1983
Recording Date
- 00:24:41
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
School uniform. Life as a boarder in school. Five and a half days of schooling per week. Recreational activities during weekends. School's brass band was well known. Cinemas frequented by him as a boy. Transportation in earlydays - trams. Brothers' educational and vocational backgrounds. His occupational history.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 7
Metadata
- 13 Mar 1989
Recording Date
- 00:28:32
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
How he became a story-teller. How he was auditioned. His first radio programme. Story-telling to Malaya's rural audience. His work at Radio Malaya andRadio Australia. His present-day story-telling jobs. Telling stories and teaching Cantonese at Tong Aun Clan Association. Criteria behind choice of stories. Qualities necessary for story-telling career.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 7
Metadata
- 13 Mar 1989
Recording Date
- 00:29:34
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
His first day at broadcasting. Problem encountered in story-telling profession. How he dealt with problematic situations - fear that audience do not find jokes funny, loss of voice, etc. Why few entered profession. Differences between Hongkong and Singapore radio audiences. How he came up with stage name, Lee Dai Soh. Roadside story-tellers of the past. Why they failed tobecome story-tellers over radio.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 7
Metadata
- 13 Mar 1989
Recording Date
- 00:28:27
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Family's attitude towards profession. Why his children were English-educated. No loss of personal privacy because of profession. Never took on tragic roles. Television works. How he adapted to female roles. How physique affected choice of stage roles. Watching Charlie Chaplin films to improve acting skills. Effects of Speak Mandarin Campaign. Stagework to raise funds for fire victims and police recruitment campaign.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 7
Metadata
- 13 Mar 1989
Recording Date
- 00:29:43
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
His activities in Tong Aun Clan Association. Never draw on personal experiences for broadcasting. His impact on illiterates. Difficulties in procuring stories' material. Why never tell love stories. Rationale behind choosing types of stories for story-telling. Worked with Japanese Film Company during war. Why he was unable to work with other comedians like Wong Sar. Why film/radio critics had little effect on him.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 7
Metadata
- 13 Mar 1989
Recording Date
- 00:04:13
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Friends with greatest influence on his broadcasting work. Contrast between Wong Sar's style and his. Why female impersonation was never a problem for him. Actor's role in stagework; related chores eg clothes procurement, stage make-up. How old classical Chinese stage costumes are procured.
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