英文摘要
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This paper aims to discusse the development of Taiwan's drama at the end of the nineteenth century through the survey of historical materials such as local ethnographies and newspapers with specific reference to Taipei. It investigates how the system of rural sacrifice-based ritual theater shaped the Taiwanese's perception of drama before 1895, and then the formation and development of Japanese commercial performances after the Japanese colonized Taiwan as well as the Taiwanese's experiences of the commercial theatre when they first encountered with it. In the early period of Japan's colonization, along with the formation, stabilization and gradual opening up of the Japanese society in Taiwan, Japanese commercial entertainments and theaters emerged, thrived, and diversified. The performance venues evolved from being temporary to permanent, ranging from yose (寄席) to gekijou (劇場), then to the establishment of the theatre building. The parameters by which its development can be measured include the abundance of performances in kind, the emergence of representative performers, and the establishment of theaters and so on, Joujikann (十字館) will serve in this paper as the focus of the development of Japanese theater in Taipei at the end of the nineteenth century.
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