TY - JOUR
T1 - The art of growing old
T2 - oral history theatre plays a part
AU - Shu, Jack
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This article reports on an oral history theatre project completed by a Hong Kong professional theatre company which involved more than 200 elders who participated as devising actors in two stage performances, with school students and the wider public as audiences. The study found that older participants in the project were much satisfied with their creative experience as a meaningful process to make sense of their past life–an artistic integration of memories for achieving coherent internal life-history. Using both quantitative questionnaire and qualitative methods, the paper discusses how these elders were mentally, emotionally, socially, and physically transformed through the art form of oral history theatre.
AB - This article reports on an oral history theatre project completed by a Hong Kong professional theatre company which involved more than 200 elders who participated as devising actors in two stage performances, with school students and the wider public as audiences. The study found that older participants in the project were much satisfied with their creative experience as a meaningful process to make sense of their past life–an artistic integration of memories for achieving coherent internal life-history. Using both quantitative questionnaire and qualitative methods, the paper discusses how these elders were mentally, emotionally, socially, and physically transformed through the art form of oral history theatre.
KW - Oral history theatre
KW - ethnodrama
KW - internal life-history
KW - reminiscence theatre
KW - theatre for the elderly
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U2 - 10.1080/13569783.2022.2091926
DO - 10.1080/13569783.2022.2091926
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133037480
SN - 1356-9783
VL - 28
SP - 295
EP - 310
JO - Research in Drama Education
JF - Research in Drama Education
IS - 2
ER -