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"Calling for the Sunshine" includes seven literary film scripts: "Yue Fei", "Zheng Banqiao", "Calling for the Sunshine", "Examination", "Pine Wind and Cypress Rhymes", "Wolf Smoke" and "Wild Wind". Among them, "Yue Fei", "Zheng Banqiao" and "Wolf Smoke" use artistic techniques to reproduce the processes of Yue Fei's resistance to the Jin Dynasty, Zheng Banqiao's abandonment of his official position and return to seclusion, and Qi Jiguang's resistance to the Japanese, etc., Showing the pride and magnanimity of ancient heroes and celebrities. "Calling for Sunshine" and "Wild Wind" show the changes in the economy and life of contemporary counties and shape the image of contemporary reformers. "Pine Wind and Cypress Rhythm" and "Inspection" reproduce the superb military skills and unswerving fighting spirit of contemporary soldiers to protect their homes and country.

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In the autumn of 1947, Shanghai World Book Company published "The Complete Works of Shakespeare's Plays" translated by Zhu Shenghao, a total of 27 plays, including no historical dramas. This set of "The Complete Works of Shakespeare's Plays" is a reappearance of these 27 classics. Except for the unified translation of "Hamlet" into "Hamlet" according to the conventional translation method, the translation contents of other names and place names are reproduced in the 1947 version. In terms of editing, this set of books has rearranged the original contents according to the nature of each play and subsequent expert opinions and divided them into six volumes. For details, see the bibliography of "The Complete Works of Shakespeare's Plays" in the book. It took two years of correction and editing to strive for excellence and restore the full picture of Mr. Zhu Shenghao's translation to the greatest extent possible.

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There are two big families in the city of Vanluona who have a feud and kill each other, but in the embrace of hatred, a pair of star-crossed lovers are born. They talked to each other in the language of poetry in the garden at night, and tasted despair in the dark tomb. This is a real event that happened in Italy. Through Shakespeare's wonderful writing, it became synonymous with "love". Taking the love tragedy of "Romeo and Juliet" as the prototype, later writers wrote countless masterpieces, but none of them surpassed Shakespeare. Shakespeare is the eternal master in the elaboration of language and the development of plot.

"Seven Short Plays" is a short play dedicated to Irish poet and playwright Yeats by the Irish dramatist, folklorist and theater manager Lady Gregory. In this short series, Lady Gregory carefully selected the following seven short plays for Yeats: "From One to One", "Hycinth Halvey", "Moonrise", "Jackdaws", "The Ward of the Workhouse", "The Traveler" and "Prison Gate".

"The Merchant of Venice" is Shakespeare's early comedy work. The book tells the story of Antonio, a kind and loyal Venetian businessman, who borrowed usury from the ruthless Jewish businessman Shylock on behalf of his friend Bassanio, and used his merchant ship as a mortgage. Shylock wanted to take the opportunity to cut Antonio's flesh and agreed. But something happened to Antonio's merchant ship, and Shylock took Antonio to court. In court, the clever Portia promised Shylock that he could cut off any piece of Antonio's flesh, but if a drop of blood was shed (the contract only stated one pound of flesh, but did not promise to give Shylock any drop of blood), his life and property would be exchanged. In the end Antonio is rescued and everyone gets a happy ending except Shylock.

German poet Goethe has a famous saying: "There are countless Shakespeares!" Chinese dramatist Cao Yu once praised: "Shakespeare is a giant who always surprises and delights mankind!" Shakespeare is recognized as a world-class drama master. His plays contain the vastness of life, profound knowledge and endless profound thoughts. This book collects Shakespeare's six representative comedies, including "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Merchant of Venice", "As You Like It", "The Comedy of Errors", "Twelfth Night", and "The Merry Wives of Windsor". The themes are similar, but the plots are vivid and rich, unconventional. The intricate plots are often composed of many deceptions, coincidences, disguises and adventures. The work shines with the light of humanistic ideals, is full of joyful atmosphere and optimistic spirit, praises the beautiful love and innocent friendship of mankind, and has eternal charm.

"Shakespeare's Tragedies" contains Shakespeare's four representative tragedies, including "Romeo and Juliet" (1595), "Hamlet" (1601), "Othello" (1604), "Macbeth" (1606), etc. Among these four works, although "Romeo and Juliet" ends in tragedy, its comedic atmosphere makes the script "full of youth and spring"; "Hamlet" embodies less and less romanticism, and the realistic description becomes more and more prominent; "Othello" makes a profound and powerful criticism of the evil forces in real society; in "Macbeth" and other works, ideal and glorious positive characters no longer appear, and Shakespeare's humanistic ideals are increasingly shattered. These works all profoundly exposed the social problems and human tragedies that existed at that time, and represented Shakespeare's most outstanding achievements.

This play was created in 1900. It uses 10 dialogues between men and women to convey the moral decadence of Austria at that time, and reveals the fundamental human nature of pursuing desires that are immediately satisfied. Ten characters from the upper, middle and lower classes of society, including prostitutes, soldiers, civilians, artists and nobles, appear in turn in the form of AB-BC-CD-DE-EF-FG-GH-HI-IJ-JA. Different people are connected together through the theme of "sex", presenting a recurring, end-to-end structure, which also implies the interlocking relationship between different social classes. Schnitzler deliberately introduces characters only by stating their identities and status. It was 20 years after the script was published that it was all put on the stage. It caused an uproar during the performance and was later banned from being performed as a pornographic play.

"The Sorrow of Deirdre" is a famous love tragedy written by John Millington Synge and Yeats. It is based on the legend of Deirdre and King Conal from Irish mythology. When Deirdre was born, there was a prophecy that she would become a beauty with curly yellow braids and charming gray-green eyes, but the king and lords would wage war for her... When Deirdre grew up, King Conor wanted to marry her as his queen, but she had a lover, Naxi. So King Conor sent troops to kill the three Naxi brothers. Finally, Deirdre committed suicide on their graves. The play is a three-act tragedy that Synge left unfinished during his lifetime and was later completed by Yeats and Synge's widow, Molly Allgood.

The Duchess of Malfi by the tragic writer John Webster is horrifying and heartbreaking. The story of the play is full of blood and gore. The widowed duchess angered her brother, Duke Ferdinand, and the bishop by secretly marrying her butler. They tortured the duchess mentally and physically before killing her and strangling her two sons to death. Finally, the Duke went mad, and a servant who had participated in the torture of the Duchess repented and killed the Bishop.

After years of exploration and wandering, the pendulum of drama is now gradually swinging back from the modern end to the traditional end. The theater world has gradually bid farewell to the comprehensive innovation model of overthrowing the old and bringing forth the new, and has returned to the local innovation path of bringing out the old and bringing forth the new. For example, the traditional play "Two Plum Blossoms" re-arranged by the Jinhua Wu Opera Troupe inherits the tradition without being limited to it, and emphasizes innovation rather than random innovation. It won the Protagonist Nomination Award at the 20th Shanghai Magnolia Drama and Performing Arts Awards. It was truly praised by experts and acclaimed by the audience. This is a gratifying sign for the revival of drama. As an audience member, I often linger outside the door of the theater art hall. I have neither entered the hall nor entered the room. Sometimes I glimpse a bit of the scenery inside through the crack in the door, which makes me feel like I am missing something.

I think that the discussion of "Destiny" has a somewhat narrow vision and closed-minded thinking. It is based on facts and simple deterministic thinking methods, leading to simple conclusions: either pessimism or blind optimism, and some are stuck in empty talk.

"The Fool and Death" is an important early poetic short play by Hofmannsthal. In this play with the themes of death and life, 19-year-old Hofmannsthal demonstrated his superb language talent and profound thoughts. The play shows the opposition between art and life, and the conflict between artists and people. The play exudes aestheticism, especially the apocalyptic atmosphere of Vienna.

This book is the eighteenth volume of the Harvard Classics Series - "Modern British Drama". The "modern" referred to here refers to the era division method of the era in which the author of this book lived. Now called "classicism". "The Hate Song" is Shelley's famous tragedy. This five-act tragedy should be an excellent example of British morality drama. Shelley created this play based on a real case that happened in Italian history. In the play, Shelley uses concise clues and poetic language to not only reveal the beauty and ugliness of human nature, but also describes how "divine power", "monarchy" and "patriarchy" lead to this catastrophe step by step.

This book is part of the Harvard Classics series, volume 18 - 'Modern British Drama'. The term 'modern' here refers to the author's contemporary era. It is now known as 'Classicism'. In his plays, John Dryden combines French dramatic structure with elaborate descriptions, also showing his influence from Shakespeare. 'All for Love' is a prime example of this blend, and Dryden's bold challenge to his idol, Shakespeare. As Professor Noyes notes, 'After seeing Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra', we can still find great enjoyment in Dryden's version of the story.'

This book is the eighteenth volume of the Harvard Classics Series - "Modern British Drama". The "modern" referred to here refers to the era division method of the era in which the author of this book lived. Now called "classicism". Courtship is a representative comedy work by British playwright Oliver Goldsmith, which tells a British love story in a traditional setting. The male protagonist who comes to ask for marriage appears to be suave and eloquent, but he is attracted by the young lady pretending to be a maid. Through a series of mistakes, the young lady gradually realizes the sincerity and integrity of the male protagonist and decides to "bow down to court"... In the end - naturally it is a traditional comedy ending. This play reflects Goldsmith's consistent humor and joking style, full of witty interest and wonderful dialogue. The script revolves around various contradictions and handles them very concentratedly and cleverly, forcing readers to keep reading just to know how the author resolves these minor misunderstandings and discords in the end.

This book is the eighteenth volume of the Harvard Classics Series - "Modern British Drama". The "modern" referred to here refers to the era division method of the era in which the author of this book lived. Now called "classicism". The poetic drama "Manfred" was created by the British poet Byron when he was traveling in Europe. It is one of the poet's representative works. Manfred is a typical "Byronic hero", arrogant, lonely, rebellious, and romantic: in the three-act poetic drama, he went from poverty to poverty, but in the end he could not get rid of the pain of love and gain peace of soul.

The book "Making Blue" that readers open here is a work by French playwright Jean-Paul Wenzel, translated by Ning Chun. You will enter the private space of two retired French workers, Andre and Luxi: listen to their words, follow their gazes, and discover their helplessness, troubles and anxieties. You may ask: Apart from the habit of living together for a long time, what else can keep these two people tied together? You'll feel a sense of sympathy, which will turn into tenderness, as Andrei and Lucy survive in a world that no longer belongs to them, and perhaps never did. Their final salvation is a dream; however, we are obliged to treat dreams with tenderness.

This book is the eighteenth volume of the Harvard Classics Series - "Modern British Drama". The "modern" referred to here refers to the era division method of the era in which the author of this book lived. Now called "classicism". "The Stain on the Crest" is a famous drama work by the British poet Robert Browning. It was written in 1842 and was adapted for the stage the following year. This work tells the tragic story of an aristocratic family. The true love between a young man and a young man has caused the family's reputation to be damaged, and this "stain on the family emblem" must be washed away with blood... Robert Browning (1812-1889), one of the representative poets of the Victorian era. His major works include "Drama Lyrics", "Characters", "The Ring and the Book", etc. He is as famous as Tennyson and is one of the two major poets of the Victorian era. He is unique in the poetry world with his meticulous psychological exploration and has had an important influence on British and American poetry in the 20th century.

"The Legend of Luoyang Bridge" tells the story of a thousand years ago, the bully squire on the Luoyang River monopolized shipping and prevented the construction of the bridge; snakes, demons, turtles and monsters made trouble and harmed the people... Cai Xiang, the "Wenquxing" in the heavenly world, was burdened with family and people's grievances. He learned martial arts since he was a child, hoping to get rid of the two evils for the people along the Luoyang River. For this reason, Cai Xiang studied hard day and night. Later, he went to Beijing to take the exam and became a senior official. In order to build bridges and eliminate evil spirits, he returned to Quanzhou as an official and persisted in fighting against monsters and bully squires. He finally eliminated the two evil spirits and built the Luoyang Bridge for the people of Quanzhou, becoming the earliest existing cross-sea beam-type stone bridge in my country. "Legend of Luoyang Bridge" involves many characters, using 3D paper puppets, which are very lifelike and reproduce the process of the people of Quanzhou not fearing hardships and dangers, using wisdom and sweat to build my country's earliest existing cross-sea beam-style stone bridge.

Guan Hanqing, a playwright of the Yuan Dynasty, is known as the "Four Masters of Yuan Opera" along with Ma Zhiyuan, Zheng Guangzu and Bai Pu. He is a representative figure in ancient Chinese opera creation. "The Injustice of Dou E", "Saving Feng Chen", "Wangjiang Pavilion", "Moon Worship Pavilion", etc. Are his masterpieces. The content of Guan Hanqing's dramas is highly realistic and filled with high-spirited fighting spirit. Guan Hanqing lived in an era of social turmoil, with prominent class and ethnic conflicts. His plays profoundly reproduced social reality and were full of strong flavor of the times. This book "The Great Dramatist Guan Hanqing and Yuan Zaju" written by Sun Yingrui uses fresh language and solid historical materials to discuss the culture of the Yuan Dynasty and the literati of the Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing's social dramas, love dramas, historical dramas, and the artistic achievements of Guan Hanqing's Zaju.

"Jingzhongqi", "Qingzhongpu", and "Dou E's Injustice" progress with the tragic plot, and finally reach the climax with the death of the protagonist. Often after the final death of the protagonist, there is an ending in which the injustice is redressed and the enemy is destroyed. The ending of "Jiao Hong Ji" is a painful "reunion". The hero and heroine sacrifice their lives for love. After both become immortals, it is still difficult to relieve all kinds of sorrows in the world: "Two mandarin ducks, flying together on the dragon's head, like a cuckoo wailing on the tree. The occurrence, development and climax of the tragic conflicts in "The Palace of Eternal Life", "Autumn in the Han Palace" and "The Peach Blossom Fan" are all closely related. Surrounding the contradiction and conflict between the protagonist's love and career, it is a dilemma to choose between king and beauty. The protagonists Li Xiangjun and Hou Fangyu of "The Peach Blossom Fan" meet again after going through many hardships, but they no longer know where the country is, where the family is, where the king is, and where the father is. They can only escape into Buddhism with the pain of losing their country.

"I envy the fun life in a coffee shop. In this fragrant air, there is endless life to appreciate." After the death of the heroine Bai Qiuying's father, she came to a coffee shop in the provincial capital of Shanghai to work as a maid, making a living and finding love at the same time. Her childhood sweetheart Li Qianqing is the son of a wealthy businessman. Just because Bai Qiuying failed to continue her studies, Li Qianqing turned to another girl and got engaged to another rich girl.

Guan Hanqing is one of the greatest dramatists and writers in my country, and one of the four great masters of Yuan opera. The most famous of his works is "The Injustice of Dou E", which describes the injustice suffered by an ordinary woman: the young widow Dou E was innocently sentenced to death by the government. Wang Guowei said that "The Injustice of Dou E" "is worthy of being listed among the world's great tragedies." This book includes a total of eight dramas and several sanqu selected from Guan Hanqing's extant works. There are two main criteria for selection: first, it can be confirmed to be Guan's work; second, it is artistically distinctive and has a greater impact. Notes should be kept concise and the original text should not be quoted. Some important words are highlighted for the convenience of readers.

This collection of stories was published in two volumes in London in 1807, with the subtitle "Especially for Young People". It is recognized around the world as an excellent juvenile book. Over the past two centuries, many outstanding Shakespeare scholars, famous Shakespearean actors, and millions of readers who love Shakespeare's plays first got started through this enlightening work. It is indeed a valuable bridge between the study of Shakespeare's dramas and the vast number of readers.

With the establishment and development of the liberated areas, the literary and artistic movement in the liberated areas also flourished. Comrade Mao Zedong's speech at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art formulated the line and policies of the revolutionary literature and art movement, and profoundly answered a series of long-standing questions in the development of revolutionary literature since the "May Fourth Movement". As a result of implementing Mao Zedong's literary and artistic line, all aspects of literature and art in the liberated areas have taken on a new look. At the same time, although the environment and conditions of literature in the "Kuomintang-controlled areas" are different from those in the liberated areas, the progressive literary and art circles also have climaxes in lashing out darkness and calling for light, rushing towards New China and towards the great meeting of people's literature and art. Every scholar has his own "history of modern Chinese literature" in his heart. Different people have different opinions and can interpret, discuss, argue, and even be incompatible with each other. In fact, perhaps it is precisely because of the numerous authors and diverse opinions that readers are given the opportunity to judge, choose, and ultimately form their own independent opinions. Therefore, I believe that one should never boast that this series of books is superior to others.

In the summer of 1939, in San Francisco, where the shadow of the war was shrouded, in a house called "Daoan" overlooking the Bay Area, O'Neill, who had already won the Nobel Prize for Literature, began to write the autobiographical play "Long Day's Journey Into Night" that had been hidden deep in his heart for many years. He was determined to tell the secrets of his family in writing without reservation. The past haunted him like a ghost, forcing him to write it down, otherwise he would never have peace. This autobiographical play became O'Neill's masterpiece. At the request of the author, this work was not performed for the first time until 1956 after his death.

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The male protagonist Hu Luguang (after the famous Northern Qi general and founding father Hu Lüjin) is the "Falling Eagle General" on the spectrum of "Chinese famous generals". Through his military career and loyal deeds, it also highlights the debauchery, luxury, mediocrity and tyranny of a generation of faint emperor Gao Wei... The plot uses the Mengshan Giant Buddha as the through line, with Buddhist culture and scenic spots as the foil, and the Northern Qi, In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the two countries enshrined and banned Buddha respectively. The brutal military and political struggle between the two countries was used as the form of expression. Through the legendary stories of these ancient real figures (Hu Luguang, Feng Xiaolian, Gao Wei, Emperor Wu of Zhou, Wei Yuansong, Yang Jian, Wei Xiaokuan, Gao Changgong, etc.) That happened at the foot of the Mengshan Giant Buddha, a magnificent historical picture was shown...

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Authoritative version: Based on the Cambridge Leber Classical Edition of ancient Greek texts, it collects all ancient Greek dramas. Translation of famous names: Professor Zhang Zhuming and Professor Wang Huansheng, experts in ancient Greek and Roman literature and culture, spent ten years carefully translating it from the original ancient Greek text. Brand new appearance: out of print for many years, fully revised, upgraded binding, elegant and noble, and highly collectible. Award-winning works: Won the 2nd China Publishing Government Award, the 2nd China Outstanding Publication Award, the 11th Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievements Award and other major awards. Greece, located in the northeastern Mediterranean, is the cradle of European culture and the earliest birthplace of human drama. Ancient Greek tragedies and comedies are closely related to Dionysus celebrations and folk comedy performances.

In the autumn of 1947, Shanghai World Book Company published "The Complete Works of Shakespeare's Plays" translated by Zhu Shenghao, a total of 27 plays, including no historical dramas. This set of "The Complete Works of Shakespeare's Plays" is a reappearance of these 27 classics. Except for the unified translation of "Hamlet" into "Hamlet" according to the conventional translation method, the translation contents of other names and place names are reproduced in the 1947 version. In terms of editing, this set of books has rearranged the original contents according to the nature of each play and subsequent expert opinions and divided them into six volumes. For details, see the bibliography of "The Complete Works of Shakespeare's Plays" in the book. It took two years of correction and editing to strive for excellence and restore the full picture of Mr. Zhu Shenghao's translation to the greatest extent possible.

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This volume includes Chekhov's classic plays "Uncle Vanya", "Three Sisters" and "The Cherry Orchard", sorted by creation time, and includes Jiao Juyin's "The Cherry Orchard\u003E Translation Postscript" written in 1943. Although these three plays have different stories, they all express themes that Chekhov has always been concerned about: he hated the gray people who could be seen everywhere in Russian society at the end of the 19th century, who only used some incoherent empty talk and fantasies about the "future" to enrich their current empty, declining and lazy life.

This book is a collection of plays by the former Soviet drama master Bulgakov. It is the first large-scale translation and introduction in China. These works fully demonstrate the drama master's realistic concern and "magic realism" style. This book contains a total of seven plays: "The Turbins", "The House of Zoika", "The Purple Island", "Molière", "Ivan Vasilyevich", "Escape" and "Batumi".

"Requiem for a Nun" is a collection of Camus' drama adaptations, including "Poltergeist", "The Cross", "Hospital", "Cavaliers of Olmedo", "Requiem for a Nun" and "The Possessed".