Source: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Group: National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao], Department of Taiwanese Folk Opera [gezaixi xuexi]
Premiere: 2003
Place: Taipei
Venue: Performing Arts Center [Yanyi zhongxin], National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts Muzha Campus [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao Muzha xiaoqu]
Director: Lin, Spark Shean Yuan
Crew: Chang, Hsu-nan (script)
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Language: Minnan
Genre: gezaixi (Taiwanese opera)
Year of Recording: 2003
Rights: National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao, Department of Taiwanese Folk Opera [gezaixi xuexi]
A Midsummer Night's Dream [Rentian xi lianmeng]
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production background (2); 
photo (1); 
publicity (2); 
news (1); 
essay (1)
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This adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream condenses and localizes Shakespeare's romantic comedy with xiqu elements. It appears in several versions, as jingju and gezaixi. This youthful production is done by the graduating gezaixi class of the National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts. The guildsmen employ popular songs and culture to enhance comic effects.
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Data Type: video
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao], Department of Taiwanese Folk Opera [gezaixi xuexi]
Date: 2003/5/4
Language: Minnan
1.
Data Type: production background
Author: National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao], Department of Taiwanese Folk Opera [gezaixi xuexi]
Source: Official Website of the National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao], Department of Taiwanese Folk Opera [gezaixi xuexi]
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao], Department of Taiwanese Folk Opera [gezaixi xuexi]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: an introduction of the Department of Taiwanese Folk Opera
2.
Data Type: production background
Author: National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao], Department of Taiwanese Folk Opera [gezaixi xuexi]
Source: Official Website of the National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao], Department of Taiwanese Folk Opera [gezaixi xuexi]
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao], Department of Taiwanese Folk Opera [gezaixi xuexi]
Date: 2003/5
Language: Chinese
Abstract: an introduction of the play, including a synposis
1.
Data Type: photo
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao], Department of Taiwanese Folk Opera [gezaixi xuexi]
Date: 2003/5/4
Abstract: 6 photos
1.
Data Type: publicity
Place: Taipei
Publisher: National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts [Guoli Taiwan xiqu zhuankexuexiao], Department of Taiwanese Folk Opera [gezaixi xuexi]
Date: 2007/3
Language: Chinese
Abstract: poster for the performance in Taichung in 2007
2.
Data Type: publicity
Author: Feng Chia University General Education Center [Fengjia daxue tongshi jiaoyu zhongxin]
Source: FCU Citizen Blog [FCU gongmin suyang buluoge]
Place: Taipei
Publisher: Sina Blog [Xinlang buluo]
Date: 2007/3/28
Language: Chinese
Abstract: This is an introduction of the performance at Feng Chia University, with a synopsis and an introduction of the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts (formerly National Taiwan Junior College of Performing Arts]. Three audience feedbacks are also attached.
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Data Type: news
Author: Zhou, Yu-jun
Source: Feng Chia Weekley [Fengjia zhoubao]
Place: Taichung
Publisher: Feng Chia University [Fengjia daxue]
Date: 2007/4/19
Language: Chinese
Abstract: Feng Chia University's artist in residence invited the performance over to Taichung. The union of traditional opera and Shakespeare, combining both the literary and the popular, is very successful. The play is hilarious, performed in the "anything goes" style, and was well received by the audience.
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Data Type: essay
Author: Lin, Ying-nan
Source: Taipei Theatre Journal [Xiju xuekan]
Place: Taipei
Publisher: School of Theatre, Taipei National University of the Arts [Guoli Taibei yishu daxue xiju xueyuan]
Volume, Number: 10
Date: 2009
Pages: 199-222
Language: Chinese
Abstract: The fairy and the devil have long been closely related in western culture. It has been so either from the definitions of both terms or from interpretations of the art. Puck in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an agile, comic fairy, who is capable of assuming various shapes and playing tricks on others. But, in terms of cultural origins, the fairy’s image, in fact, also undergoes drastic metamorphic changes. Through an analysis of the play’s relevant passages and a re-contextualization of Early Modern English culture, the article seeks to re-explore the fairy’s origins from folklore,