摘要：This paper tries to discuss everyday life and its relation to urban experiences in different aspects of Taipei City in Human Condition, performed by Greenray Theatre in Taiwan since 2001. The serial play, including six parts,1 displays the life of ordinary people, primarily the middle and labor classes. Historically, Human Condition tells about Taiwanese" life from the period of Japanese occupation in Taiwan to the present day. The public"s everyday life and their cultural activities are delicately represented on the stage. Human Condition especially focuses on people living in Taipei city, the capital and most populated place of the country. In different historical periods and political atmospheres, the characters" economic and social activities, nostalgic feelings about the past, passions for love and friendship, and awakening of fighting for humanity and freedom construct their social positions as well as establish different aspects of Taipei. We can see the transformation of the city by means of people"s social relationships and economic activities. Drawing on Henri Lefebvre"s concept of everyday life as rhythmic movement and spatial practice in the process of urbanization, this paper aims at studying the characters" social practice that defines their position and formation of identity within place. Human Condition unravels the characters" connection and disconnection from place in each period of Taiwan"s historical and political conditions. The life in Taipei differs from each historical, economic, and political system that defines people"s attitudes and perspectives toward this land. The characters within every historical background and political system tell us what Taipei represents and symbolizes to people. The transition of Taipei produces impacts on people that endow them with different personalities and perspectives toward life. As globalization invades into this city, the definition of human in city life has to be reconsidered. As a place of encounter, a