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The Paradox of Transitional‐Justice Theatre in Taiwan

The Theatrical Ethics of Dark Eyes Performance Lab’s Too Many Dreams in One Night

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2022

Fan-Ting Cheng
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Abstract

As an exemplar of transitional‐justice theatre in Taiwan, Dark Eyes Performance Lab’s Too Many Dreams in One Night aimed to repair a social wound but aroused debates over its use of immersive staging and torture instruments to reenact the political violence of the White Terror. The play foregrounded the impossibility of experiencing historical trauma through theatrical performance and, paradoxically, the necessity of employing metatheatrical devices to highlight such an impossibility.

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Critical Acts
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TDR , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , March 2022 , pp. 165 - 173
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© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press for Tisch School of the Arts/NYU

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