Dick Lee mines dad's war diaries for play
Rising Son is the first of a planned trilogy of plays, writes HELMI YUSOF
DICK LEE is a name synonymous with good home-grown music, such as the groundbreaking The Mad Chinaman album and that much-beloved National Day Parade song, Home. But as someone who hates to repeat anything he's done, he recently found himself penning something quite different from his oeuvre - the dramatic play.
Sure, he's written comedies (Beauty Kings, Death In Tuas) and musicals (Fried Rice Paradise, Sing To The Dawn) before. But a drama…
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