Tsai, Chi-chang. 2004. The Transplantation of Theatre-in-Education from Britain to Taiwan. Doctoral thesis, Goldsmiths, University of London [Thesis]

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The British-born Theatre-in-Education (TIE) is now an international phenomenon. Theatre and education practitioners worldwide have come to recognise TIE as an important resource for the reinforcement of institutional or orthodox education. In Taiwan, by way of cultural exchanges and in accordance with the practice of the well meant, but not so well planned education reforms, TIE has also been gradually adopted by drama specialists and professional theatre groups over the last decade to provide young students with alternative experiences of active learning. During this process of transplantation, the representation of TIE has become an issue that demands careful deliberation in the island.

This dissertation surveys the development of Theatre-in-Education in Taiwan from a personal perspective, as well as demonstrating the interdisciplinary relationship between TIE and regional/community theatre through a case study on the encounter of the Greenwich and Lewisham Young People's Theatre (GYPT) and the Tainan Jen Theatre Troupe. By making use of first-hand experience of TIE transplantation (from Britain to Taiwan) and of interviews with TIE practitioners, the author intends to contextualise the Taiwanese TIE movement by relating it to an international trend of audience-oriented theatre. Within this framework, the author argues that the localisation of British TIE in Taiwan is best embodied, and therefore can be expected to find strength in the association of TIE and those Taiwanese theatre groups of or with a community-friendly nature; in addition, the continuing social, cultural and educational reforms will create a better environment for the growth of Theatre-in-Education in the island.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.25602/GOLD.00028778
Keywords:	Theatre-in-Education (TIE), Taiwan, Greenwich and Lewisham Young People's Theatre (GYPT), Tainan Jen Theatre Troupe
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Theatre and Performance (TAP)
Date:	2004
Item ID:	28778
Date Deposited:	12 Jun 2020 13:21
Last Modified:	08 Sep 2022 15:44
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/28778

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