A good work on stage must deeply reflect on life

2024-01-31

Why can some dramas be watched over and over again, immersing people in the waves of thinking and emotions? Because good theatrical works have the depth of human nature, they profoundly reveal the powerful power hidden deep within human nature in the context of the times. Many years ago, I invited Shanghai female writer Lu Xinger to watch Kunqu opera "The Peony Pavilion". After the end of the play that night, she excitedly called me and said, "I really appreciate you. After watching it, I walked back home and felt that life had never been so beautiful before. The moon was so bright, peaceful, and full of poetry." Her emotions made me realize the significance of drama. The Peony Pavilion tells the love story of two young people, Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei. Du Liniang had a dream and ended up feeling depressed because she missed her crush in the dream. Her sincere emotions moved the judges of the underworld and released her from hell, allowing her to marry a lover. To die for love, to live for love. The stories of Liu Mengmei and Du Liniang allow the audience to feel their strong and passionate emotions, recall their emotional experiences, and discover the poetic beauty in life. From this, it can be seen that a good theatrical work must take into account people's lives, reflect on major events that are happening in life, and have a touching, relevant, and expressive impact on how people live in the world today. The Peony Pavilion has been around for hundreds of years, but it can still create emotional connections with contemporary audiences precisely because the sincere love it depicts transcends time and space, which is something that contemporary people yearn for and experience. Over the years, our theatrical stage has produced Qin opera "The Story of Xijing", Yu opera "Jiao Yulu", plays "Yuhuatai", "Deep Sea", dance dramas "The Eternal Electric Wave", and comical plays "Chen Huansheng's Meal Problem"... These works are all filled with profound humanistic care, resonating emotionally with the current audience with down-to-earth stories. However, contemporary care alone is not enough in the art of drama. Why can theater attract audiences to sit and enjoy it seriously in the theater? Why can some dramas be watched over and over again, immersing people in the waves of thinking and emotions? Because good works not only care about reality, but also have a deep sense of human nature. While portraying surface stories, they profoundly reveal the powerful power hidden in the depths of human nature in the context of the times. Here I would like to give an example of literature. Why is Tolstoy's Anna Karenina considered a master's work? Because this work will combine contemporary nostalgia with the depth of human nature. Tolstoy placed Anna's tragedy in the context of Levin's reform, giving Anna's tragedy not only human significance but also contemporary significance: Anna was a beautiful woman who pursued life, but that era and society could not tolerate her, so that dark era would eventually be overthrown. Lenin once said that Tolstoy was a mirror of the Russian revolution. His portrayal of Anna reflects the contradictions and difficulties of the times. However, at the same time, Anna's tragedy transcends the times and reaches the depths of human nature, becoming a microcosm of the stories of women who pursue love and are not satisfied with mediocre life, both ancient and modern. This tragedy has universal significance. For example, during her lifetime, Yue Opera performer Yuan Xuefen talked to me several times about her portrayal of Xianglin's sister-in-law: on the snowy New Year's Eve, she wanted to

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