| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 應用外語系碩士班 === 101 === Previous research on Taiwanese glove puppetry has been extensively investigated under Taiwan government''s promotion of cultural and creative industries, but studies concerned with its overseas performances relatively remain unexplored. Accordingly, the present study investigates Liao Wen-Ho Glove Puppet Theater in terms of its origins, performance styles, and overseas performances by employing such methods as semi-structured interviews with the director Liao Wen-Ho and his son, the assistant Liao Qian-Shun, and the observation of the puppet performances given by Liao''s troupe.
From both the interviews and the performance observation, this study found that Director Liao has enthusiastically reformed the way traditional puppetry had displayed. He created the largest sizes of his puppetry settings and puppet dolls; in addition, he combined the traditional and innovative puppetry techniques, successfully attracting domestic and overseas audiences. Furthermore, he has frequently been invited to give puppet shows at temples, schools and cultural centers. He has also been invited to perform puppetry abroad on behalf of Taiwan for many times. Moreover, some differences exist between Mr. Liao''s domestic and overseas puppetry performances. In Taiwan, he usually constructs his plots that his sponsors expected, whereas his overseas puppetry story frequently presents Taiwanese customs and cultures. Although his puppet shows performed abroad are often simpler and easier than his domestic ones for foreign audiences to understand due to different cultural backgrounds, his puppet shows are all full of various accents and martial arts scenes. This study has provided an English description of Liao Wen-Ho Glove Puppet Theater in hopes that Taiwanese traditional puppetry culture is more accessible to foreigners than before.
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