A Study on Insaenggeukjang and Junggangeug in the 1930's

1930년대 극단 '인생극장(人生劇場)'과 '중간극'의 의미

This paper reviews the Insaenggeukjang's history and Insaenggeukjang's play. This paper has been written with a purpose to understand and to examine the members(actors and actresses), the structure, the plays, the performing works, the change process, and the meaning of Insaenggeukjang(life theater) and junggangeug(middle-theater) in 1930s. Insaenggeukjang is Korean theater for the drama in the second half of 1930s. In particular, Insaenggeukjang is a theatrical troupe that led Korean theatrical troupes in 1937 to 1938. This paper intend to examine Insaenggeukjang's history, activity, feature and works. I study Insaenggeukjang and performing works contained in the newspapers and the magazines in 1920-30s, and conference papers and theater-art books published recently.