Women In Love

When lawyer-playwright Eleanor Wong wrote the play Mergers And Accusations in 1993, its closeted lesbian lawyer protagonist Ellen instantly became one of Singapore theatre's most iconic characters.

Torn between her attraction to her female colleague and her desire to move up the corporate ladder - which, in the 1990s, seemed mutually incompatible - Ellen engaged in struggles that spoke to many members of Singapore's LGBTQ community.

Over the course of a decade, her story would continue in two other plays, Wills And Secession (1995) and Jointly And Severably (2003). The trilogy titled Invitation To Treat remains one of Singapore's most important theatrical achievements.