| Product: Yue (Shaoxing) Opera How a Dead Cat was Substituted for a New-born
Prince
(Li Mao Huan Tai Zi)
Main Cast: Wu Fenghua, Wu Suying
Performed by Zhejiang Shaoxing Xiaobeihua Yue Opera Troupe
Published by Zhejiang Literary Audio-Visual Publishing House, 2004
Media: 2 DVD discs
Language: Chinese
Subtitle: Chinese
ISBN: 7884171546
ISRC: CNE140400520
This Yue Opera is adapted from the Chinese folklore, The Fox Cat Substituted
for the Crown Prince, starring Wu Fenghua and Wu Suying, the Zhejiang Shaoxing Xiaobeihua Yue Opera Troupe.
The story set in the Song Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong. A
royal consort, Lady Li, has given birth to a son. Out of jealousy (in ancient
time, the first son of emperor would be conferred a title of Crown Prince on and
his mother would be conferred a title of Empress on), another royal consort,
Lady Liu, colludes with the Chief Eunuch, Guo Huai, to substitute the new-born
prince with a skinned dead cat and gives orders to the palace maid, Kouzhu, to
throw the baby into the imperial moat. Kouzhu cannot bring herself to carry out
the order and turns to the Chief Eunuch Chen Lin for help. Chen secretly
smuggles the young prince out to put him under the care of the Eighth Prince.
Lady Liu accuses Lady Li of giving birth to an evil spirit, and the Emperor
takes her word for it. He orders Li to be banished to a deserted part of the
palace grounds and makes Lady Liu his queen. Twelve years later, Liu's own son,
the heir to the throne, dies, and Prince Xian, on the pretext that he is willing
to let his emperor brother 'adopt' his son, returns Lady Li's son to become the
Crown Prince. Liu grows suspicious, and sets fire to the place where Lady Li
lives, and orders Chen Lin to interrogate Kouzhu. Despite the torture, Kouzhu
refuses to tell the truth and commits suicide. Lady Li, in the meantime, has
found sanctuary in the mountains. Five years later, when the Crown Prince
ascends the throne, Chen Lin has traced the whereabouts of his mother. At Prince
Xian's birthday banquet, Liu and Guo Huai are arrested. Mother and son are
finally vindicated and re-united.
商品名称：越剧《狸猫换太子》
领衔主演：吴凤花、吴素英
演出：浙江绍兴小百花越剧团
出版社：浙江文艺音像出版社，2004
介质：DVD
碟数：2
字幕：中文
ISBN：7884171546
ISRC：CN-E14-04-0052-0/V.J8
宋朝真宗年间，李妃产子。刘妃生妒与内奸郭槐密谋，用剥皮狸猫换去太子，并命寇珠将太子抛入御河。寇珠不忍，与陈琳密送入贤王府抚养。十二年后，八贤王将李妃之子回继真宗，封太子。终于沉冤昭雪，母子团圆。
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