In 1957, the amateur enthusiast Wang Chen-chu, who had performed on the same stage as the master Mei Lan-fang, founded the Fu-Hsing Dramatic Arts Academy, and in 1968 the school came under the administration of the Ministry of Education.
民國四十六年又出現了復興劇校，由曾和梅蘭芳同過台的熱心票友王振祖私人創立，在五十七年改隸教育部。