This programme is from one of the spate of plays that were a part of the revival of Peranakan theatre in the 1950s and 1960s, after the Japanese Occupation. Peranakan theatre from the 1950s featured all-male casts, with female impersonators filling in women’s roles, most notably William Tan, Francis Hogan and Ong Chwee Kim. The plays were put on by amateurs, usually to raise funds for charitable organizations. Tidak Berdosa was considered the first play to usher in the brief period of revival of Peranakan theatre. The play is about a woman whose happiness is destroyed by a greedy aunt.
