LITERATURE vs. THEATRE

Abstract

In my way in approaching theatre arts and puppetry, there are a lot of people sharing with me generously their knowledge and courage. Thanks to my parents and family for letting me choose and live a second life in the age of thirties, doing something completely unknown for them and our local culture; my partner Kevin Chio for always taking good care of us in this journey and our creative careers; all my friends and colleagues both in Macao and Europe for encouraging me to be an artist and stand by me for ups and downs; all the teachers I met in my theatre creative life, Mr Chan Chu Hei and Julia Mok from Hong Kong who for a long time taught me the respectful attitude in approaching Theatre Arts even as an amateur actress; my first directing mentor Mr Kok Heng Leun from Singapore, if it were not him appearing in my life guiding me with the precious working opportunity as his student, I will never have this determination to further my study in theatre. Thanks to Mr Mok Sio Chong from Macau Theatre Culture Institute, Mr Chan Pak Tim, Mr Frank Lei for the kindest supports in my study. Grateful to the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Macao and all the jury for believing in me and grant me the scholarships to further this study in Czech Republic. Last but not least, the endless patience and supports from all my teachers, officers and lovely schoolmates in DAMU, to be surrounded in such an inspirational environment, you free my creative mind and help me to reflect and seeing life and arts in a new way, you will never know how much you influence the life of an artist who came all the way from the oriental culture. Specially thanks to Marta Ljubkova for her open-minded and endless supports during the whole research process of this thesis study; and Adam Pospíšil for giving me a kind hand in the translation from English to Czech language. The completion of this study could not have been possible without the participation and assistance of many people whose names may not all be enumerated. All their contributions are sincerely appreciated and gratefully acknowledged.