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Jane Gilmer teaches theatre at the National Institute of Education Singapore. Born in New Zealand, Jane trained at the Harkness Studio for Speech and drama, Sydney, Australia, in the techniques of Rudolf Steiner and Michael Chekhov. After graduating, she relocated to England and spent the next twenty years working as a theatre artist, performing Shakespeare and training young actors. In the year 2000 she received her doctorate in philosophy from Murdoch University, Western Australia. Hers was one of the first theory practice Ph D submissions in Australasia. Jane recently trained as a psychotherapist with a view to integrating depth psychology into actor trainings. She is currently working on a book on alchemy and acting to be published by Rodopi Press.