Ko Tin Lung

Ko Tin-lung (1954 – 23 June 2022) was a Hong Kong actor, director and playwright. In Form 1, he wrote, directed and acted in a comedic shadow play with members of the Chinese Society. In Form 4, he co-wrote The Garbage Chronicle with Ling Kar-kan, later director of the Planning Department, and won the Youth Literary Awards for Drama (青年文學獎 劇本獎). He appeared in Dust at Hong Kong City Hall in 1972 for the Joint School Drama Project (校協戲劇社), where he began his training in drama. Later, he also involved in play-writing and directing. His first self-written and directed play was Between Teachers and Students.

In 1987, he received the Lee Hysan Foundation Grant from the Asian Cultural Council, which enabled him to travel to New York, USA. At Circle Repertory Company, he also served as assistant director in Borderlines.

In 1989, he returned to Hong Kong and became assistant artistic director of the Hong Kong Repertory Theater.

In 1993, he joined the Chung Ying Theatre Company as the artistic director, Multiple initiatives were launched under his leadership. In 1994, the company announced their first season of all local original plays, including Killer Instinct, The School and I.

In 2005, Ko finished One of the Lucky Ones (Step 2). It was staged with the remade of previous version.

Works Theatre Acting A Line (1983) Amadeus (1983) Pu Yi (1983) The Importance of Being Earnest (1984) The Merchant of Venice (1984) Marat/Sade (1984) 1841 (1985) Mythos Oedipus (1987)

Directing ^ Plays that he also wrote Between Teachers and Students^ (1985) Sinodyssey^ (1988), a play about overseas Chinese in the 60's US One of the Lucky Ones^ (1990), adopted from Lucy Ching Man-fai's autobiography. Raymond To's Tokyo Blues (1991) Raymond To's I Have a Date with Spring (1992) Raymond To's The Legend of the Mad Phoenix (1993), a.k.a. The Mad Phoenix. The School and I^ (1993) Tan Tarn How's The First Emperor's Last Days (1998) The Merchant of China^ (1999), adopted from the life of Hu Xueyan.

Translating Noël Greig's Rainbow's Ending (1990) Willy Russell's Educating Rita (1991) John Gardiner's The Dracula Spectacula (1992)