英文摘要
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When Japanese surrendered in August 1945, Taiwan was returned to China. The Taiwanese operas, which had just gone through a hard time under the Japanese colonial rule and subsequent warfare, had a new higher authority-the Propaganda Committee of Taiwan Provincial Administrative Executive Office. When the relevant regulations issued by the Propaganda Committee came into effect, what impact did they bring to the Taiwanese operas? If ever political power were to affect the development of operas, in what aspect did it manifest itself and to what degree were the regulations enforced?
With the questions stated above, the present study attempts to clarify and discuss, 1) the organization and ideology of the Propaganda Committee of Taiwan Provincial Administrative Executive Office, its regulations about theater and the circumstances of execution, 2) the two restraining measures on theater development, i.e., script censorship and theatrical troupe registration, and how they were carried out or bypassed, 3) the crucial impact the Committee’s theater regulations exerted on the development of Taiwanese operas as well as the enduring influences.
By analyzing the ”Regulations of Movie and Theatrical Industry in Taiwan Province” and ”Rules of Management for Theatrical Troupes in Taiwan Province” promulgated during the period (1945.11~1947.3) by the Propaganda Committee, one finds that the Committee had formulated these regulations based on the censorship system in Mainland China and adapted them to meet the practical demands in Taiwan. Since the Committee laid much emphasis on the stage plays instead of operas, the regulations in question were devised accordingly. Therefore, the development of Taiwanese operas enjoyed a period of freedom that lasted for about half a year.
It was not until the promulgation of two new sets of regulations, the script censorship and theatrical troupe registration, did the operas come under the control of administrative system. The two systems in essence exerted profound and continued influences on the subsequent development of Taiwanese operas.
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