| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 戲劇學研究所 === 99 === This thesis consists of two parts—three plays, and its explanation and analysis.
The three plays are: The Arrival of Emperor Ming-Huang, The Gambler, and Fan-Jin Passes the Imperial Exam. The Arrival of Emperor Ming-Huang is a Beijing Opera portraying a debate between a theatre group and Emperor Ming-Huang, the God of theatre, on how to maintain their business and increase their audiences. In this play, through their performances of classics the theatre group is able to contemplate and reflect on drama and theatre as a whole, which echoes the concerns of present day people. The Gambler is also a Beijing Opera, it portrays a man who is obsessed with gambling. In this short play, even near death the man lies to his wife in order to have enough paper money for the dead to gamble with in hell. The entire play is presented much like a game itself. Lastly, Fan-Jin Passes the Imperial Exam is a Taiwanese Opera adapted from the works of previous writers. This play is an irony on people who go to the extremes trying to pass the imperial exam, and also those who blindly follow the rich and powerful.
The explanation and analysis expresses my thoughts on the three plays, including their creative originality, analysis of the plot, analysis of the characters, in attempt to review the whole process of my writing.
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