RED BOAT TROUPES AND CANTONESE ... - University of Georgia
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Troupes] were all-female troupes that rode the Red Boats and appeared in glamour. 63 Some<br />
troupe members did cross gender performances.<br />
Figure 5. The rear part <strong>of</strong> the boat. Cooking was done at the stern. (Picture taken at the<br />
Guangdong Yuet Kek Museum in Foshan).<br />
Division <strong>of</strong> labor was rather standardized among troupe members. Other than the<br />
performers, staff members included a manager and an assistant manager who took care <strong>of</strong> all the<br />
administrative work. Other employees consisted <strong>of</strong> two accountants (one took care <strong>of</strong> money<br />
transaction for day shows and the other for evening shows); eleven musicians; nine wardrobe<br />
keepers; an apprentice who took care <strong>of</strong> sixteen costume boxes; and ten maintenance technicians<br />
for miscellaneous property and equipments. Other workers include a job position called “local<br />
ghost,” whose job was to remind actors to go on stage, two laundry workers for cleaning<br />
63 C.P. Wan, “Yuet Kek nu ban ci chor tam [Preliminary Investigation into all Women Troupes <strong>of</strong> Yuet Kek] (paper<br />
presented at the International Seminar on Cantonese Opera, Hong Kong, November, 18-20, 1992), 371, 374.<br />
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