W!ld Rice Production of Beauty & the Beast Includes Pinay Maid

Notable during the W!ld Rice production of Beauty & the Beast at the Drama Centre Theatre in the National Library of Singapore, which ended its run on 19 December 2009, was the inclusion of a Pinoy maid character who would pepper her lines with Filipino phrases. The role of Vacula Contessa was portrayed by Filipino actor Lynn Sherman.

Thanks to W!ld Rice staffer Isaac, it was arranged with Senior Marketing Executive Ellen Ng for me to interview Lynn Sherman right after the 2.30pm performance last 05 December 2009, so I had the opportunity to ask actor Lynn Sherman about it.

The script had some Tagalog stuff already. It had ‘na’ already or ‘Talaga girlfriend.’ Pero yung mga iba, kung minsan, it depends. Kung minsan, ‘Ay naku!’ gaganyan ako. Dagdag na ‘yon. People are free to push it within the realm of the show, to inject stuff.

Thanks also to Leah Reyes, who alerted me to the fact that Lynn Sherman was in the Singaporean W!ld Rice production of Beauty and the Beast

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