High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wah Yan Dramatic Society is an organisation in Hong Kong which performs Cantonese opera using English, also called "Cantonese Opera in English".Wah Yan Dramatic Society was established in 1947 by Wong Chin Wah, an alumnus from Wah Yan College, in order to allow foreigners to appreciate the culture of Cantonese opera. It started with an attempt by Father Sheridan to fit English lyrics into Cantonese operas improvisationally. The attempt was welcomed, so Wong, Sheridan and some other alumni established the Wah Yan Dramatic Society.