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A masterpiece of the great writer Shakespeare, a popular classic of Shakespeare's plays, a model of complex and profound characters, and a highly praised poetic translation. Shakespeare's masterpiece is recognized as a treasure of human culture, and "Hamlet" is Shakespeare's most famous tragedy and the most famous chapter in the history of human literature and even civilization. The translation of this book is an important result of Mr. Fang Ping, a famous Shakespeare scholar and translator, who devoted himself to the study of Shakespeare and translated poems into poems. It fully meets the needs of readers for studying Shakespeare plays and collecting books.

This book selects 5 drama works by famous contemporary Russian playwrights, including "Exhibits" by Vyacheslav Durnenkov, "Easy Man" by Mikhail Durnenkov, "Bento Bonchev's Lessons - A True Story of the Life of a Famous Bulgarian College Student" by Maxim Kurochkin, "The Bad Seed" by German Glekov, and "Black Breasts" by Vasily Sigolev. Profoundly reflects contemporary life in Russia. This book is edited by Su Ling from the Institute of Foreign Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

This book selects 4 drama works by famous contemporary Russian playwrights, including "Picnic" by Vladimir Zherebtsov, "The Selection" by Alexander Garin, "Superior Ward" by Alexander Kalovkin, and "Little Butterfly" by Peter Gradilin, which profoundly reflect the contemporary life in Russia. This book is edited by Su Ling from the Institute of Foreign Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

This book selects 4 drama works by famous contemporary Russian playwrights, including Natalia Mosina's "Rikotu Island", Konstantin Kostenko's "Motherland", Stepan Lopozerov's "Family Portrait with Outsiders" and Vladimir Gurkin's "Sanya, Vanya, and Rimas", which profoundly reflects the contemporary life in Russia.

This book selects 5 drama works by famous contemporary Russian playwrights, including Yaroslava Prinovich's "Jeana", Yuri Polyakov's "Girls in the Class", Orzas Zanaidalov's "Earplugs", Alexei Slabovsky's "Azerbaijanis" and Ksenia Dragonskaya's "Kreshkin", which profoundly reflects the contemporary life in Russia.

This book is mainly composed of five short films: Alexander Arkhipov's "The Demobilization Train", Rakion Belinsky's "The Fan", Victoria Nikiforova's "Alliance", Nikolai Kolyada's "Squeak", and Vladimir Presnyakov's "Terrorism". It introduces the excellent works of famous Russian playwrights in different periods. The characters are vivid. Some of the stories disrupt time and space, have strange twists and turns, and some follow chronological order, with climaxes and ups and downs, arousing readers' unlimited imagination.

"Salome" is a famous work written by Oscar Wilde based on the Bible story. It tells the story of how the Jewish princess Salome induced her stepfather King Herod to kill John the Baptist. In the play, Salome woos John but is rejected, vows to kiss him on the lips, and finally has John's head chopped off. For more than two thousand years, her image has spread across many fields such as painting, sculpture, literature, drama, song and dance, and film, and has become the focus of inspiration for countless artists. Through Salome, the masters conveyed their understanding of human nature. The Salome created by Wilde interweaves her love and hate in the story, full of mystery and temptation, giving this image new connotation.

"Drama Research" magazine is sponsored by the Institute of Drama Research of the Chinese Academy of Arts. It was founded in 1957 and resumed in 1980. It is the earliest academic journal in the field of drama in the history of contemporary drama and is a source publication of the "Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index" (CSSCI). The columns of "Traditional Opera Research (99th Edition)" edited by Wang Kui cover a wide range of diverse fields of opera research, including "Special Articles", "Traditional Opera Culture", "In-depth Interviews", "Traditional Opera History", "Traditional Opera Types", "Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection", "Academic Trends" and other columns.

Wang Xiaoying, director of the National Theater of China, used national forms to create a performance of "Richard III" that is rich in Chinese national artistic characteristics. It uses Chinese cultural elements to embody Chinese artists' interpretation and presentation of Shakespeare's original work, and demonstrates the creative personality and artistic pursuits of Chinese artists. During the "London Olympics", the play represented the Chinese theater community in the "Art Festival" organized by London's Globe Theatre, fully demonstrating the charm of Chinese national culture. The performance was widely praised and returned home with great acclaim. This book contains precious performance materials including the script adaptation, performance instructions, cast and crew, director's words of the National Theater's "Richard III", as well as the invitation letter from the Globe Theater during the London Olympics performance. The play's creative team and theater critics disclosed a large number of creative details and theoretical thinking on and off the stage in the two sections of "Creation Theory" and "Commentary Theory." It can be seen that the director and actors used Chinese cultural elements to interpret this Shakespeare's masterpiece. It is a rich source of information for in-depth reading of the play to further understand the creator's artistic thoughts.

This book consists of two volumes: a script volume and a poetry volume. The first volume is a script volume, which includes the modern opera dramas "Meiling Spring", "Song of Bao'er Mountain", "The Accountant Girl", "Spring Dawn in the Old Capital", "Hero Train", the traditional Ping Opera dramas "The Story of Zhu Hen" and "The Story of Two Lanterns", and the Ping Opera stage art film literary script "Liu Qiaoer" The second volume is an anthology of drama, consisting of nearly a hundred essays by He Xiaochong on modern opera, drama festival speeches, drama awards, repertoire processing and transplantation issues, drama reviews, comments on drama art figures, etc., Showing He Xiaochong's artistic feelings, as well as his decades of thinking and attainments in opera.

The Song Dynasty's Nandu poetry not only faced changes in the political, military, economic, cultural and other external creative environments between the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties, but also could not avoid the dilemma that the Song Dynasty had matured and its shortcomings were gradually exposed, and it was difficult for the poetry world to find a new way out. Therefore, the poetic creation of this poem presents a complicated state. This book mainly discusses the characteristics of Nandu poetry in the Song Dynasty and the reasons for its formation.

The editorial department of "Drama Research" focuses on the practice of drama stage art, focusing on directing, performance and drama literature. Its teaching idea is to integrate theoretical teaching content into drama practice, and the teaching process and the artistic practice process are carried out simultaneously. The institute's teaching policy respects and learns from tradition on the one hand, and encourages the development of new artistic concepts and forms on the other. This book is an important academic journal on opera research, and is divided into columns such as modern opera creation, opera history, opera theory, opera controversy, local opera, opera culture, and opera inheritance. The main content of this volume is academic research on Bangzi opera, including more than 20 theoretical research articles on the inheritance and protection of Bangzi, research on Bangzi music, research on the theory of Bangzi dominance, and research on the creation of Bangzi tune.

"New Evidence of Southern Opera" is an academic work by the opera theorist Mr. Liu Nianzi. It conducts a detailed study of the ancient opera form of "Southern Opera" in a relatively systematic and comprehensive manner. It not only sorts out its origin, development, and evolution, but also conducts detailed on-site inspections and theoretical summaries of the remaining Southern Opera repertoires from the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties in Fujian. It summarizes a series of important features such as the script themes and forms of Southern Opera, the tunes and their survival, the characteristics of the music, and the performance scenes.

This book outlines the origins of Chinese classical opera art and introduces the composition and artistic characteristics of Chinese opera performing art. An overview of 11 types of music including Kun Opera, Peking Opera, Qin Opera, Hebei Bangzi, Sichuan Opera and Henan Opera was given, and representative repertoires of each type were selected for explanation and lyrics for everyone to enjoy.

Shakespeare's history plays express the medieval times in his mind and the life picture of his time in an epic way. The central theme is England or the national theme placed in a solemn and highly moralized context. Through a comprehensive interpretation of the entire series of eight of Shakespeare's major historical plays, and by analyzing Shakespeare's careful consideration of these historical themes and the exquisite structure of most of his historical plays, the author of this book makes people more convinced that Shakespeare is an educated poet who can rival Dante and Milton in terms of broad wisdom and power of thinking. And from the first to the last, in all his historical dramas, he always had a solid awareness of the principle of order, and because of this awareness he was closer to the more philosophical writers of his generation. E. M. W. Tillyard: British critic. His research on the concept of the universe in the Renaissance is representative in the study of the historical background of the Renaissance. He is a representative figure in 20th century Western historicist Shakespeare criticism and even the entire historicist literary criticism.

The plot of "The Romance of the West Chamber" is directly based on "The Romance of the West Chamber" written by Dong Jieyuan of the Jin Dynasty. Wang Shifu's "The Romance of the Western Chamber" is based on "The Romance of the Western Chamber" and made modifications in some key places, thus making up for the defects of the original work. This is mainly reflected in: on the one hand, many unnecessary branches and bloated parts have been deleted to make the structure more complete and the plot more concentrated; on the other hand, and more importantly, it is to make the characters in the play more clearly stick to their respective positions - the old lady strictly supervises her daughter, resolutely opposes the free union of Cui and Zhang, and maintains the innocence and dignity of the "prime minister's family tree". In this way, it not only increases the tension and attraction of the plot, but also makes the theme of the whole play more prominent and the characters more distinct. Coupled with its beautiful and expressive language, this script becomes a model of sophistication.

At the turn of the century, Yutai Tea House was in Beijing. Sons of the Eight Banners, Chang Si Ye and Song Er Ye, gang boss Huang Fatty, Headquarters Director Shen, Eunuch Pang who wants to marry a wife, Tang Tiezui who makes a living as a face teller, Qin Er Ye who is enthusiastic about national salvation, waitress Xiao Ding Bao, human trafficker Liu Mazi... All kinds of people are welcome to come. The young shopkeeper Wang Lifa welcomes them every day and takes care of them. All living beings and all kinds of situations in the world are taking turns to be staged in this small teahouse, until everyone is overwhelmed by the huge waves of the times...

Graduation season is here, and classmates are moving north and south one after another. However, Liu Dezhi, who is quite popular among the school belles, chose the life of "life goes on, delivering express delivery every day" and joined Wanbang Express. He and his landlord's adopted daughters Han Yue and Ma Xiaochan performed scenes of ironic stories. The mission descriptions are lively and vivid, and the story is well organized, making it worth reading.

The book contains more than 100 drama character paintings and stage sketches of Sichuan Opera (a small part of Peking Opera and other operas) created by Zhang Hongkui over the years, and is accompanied by relevant interpretation text. Zhang Hongkui's opera paintings "originate" from "play", but they are not entirely opera. He is faithful to the characters, costumes and props on the stage, but he also recreates based on his profound and unique understanding of the connotation of each play and the characters in the play, which highly summarizes the most beautiful dynamics and charm of the opera characters. This book has high artistic taste and value, and is of great significance to the popularization and inheritance of Sichuan Opera art.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Merchant of Venice", "Twelfth Night" and "As You Like It" are known as Shakespeare's "four great comedies" and are the most famous chapters in the history of human literature and even the history of civilization. The four major comedies represent the highest achievements of Shakespeare's comedy art. Its basic theme is to celebrate love and friendship. In the work, the author praises the spirit of friendship and benevolence, mercilessly criticizes the feudal clan concept, patriarchal autocracy, criticizes asceticism and obscurantism since the Middle Ages, and expresses the humanistic ideal of life in his praise of love freedom and individual liberation. "Shakespeare's Four Comedies" is an important achievement of the research and translation of Mr. Zhu Shenghao, who is the earliest and most translator of Shakespeare's works in China.

Shakespeare's Comedy Collection is a collection of Shakespeare's classic comedies, including the four famous comedies "The Merchant of Venice", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "As You Like It", "Twelfth Night", "Tit for Tat", "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and other famous works. The translation of this book is based on the translation by Zhu Shenghao, a famous translator of Shakespeare's plays, and has been carefully edited and equipped with exquisite illustrations and collector's stamps. The content is classic.

Shakespeare's Tragedies collects the tragic classics in Shakespeare's plays into one volume. There are three volumes in the book, which collects the four major tragedies of "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear", "Macbeth" and "Romeo and Juliet" and other famous works. This book is based on the translation of Shakespeare's drama translator Zhu Shenghao, and has been carefully translated and proofread to show the richness and splendor of Shakespeare's plays.

"Hamlet" is one of the four tragedies of the great dramatist and poet William Shakespeare. The story tells that the father of Prince Hamlet of Denmark suddenly died mysteriously while taking a nap in the garden. His uncle Claudius succeeded as king and married Hamlet's mother. Prince Hamlet met his father's ghost in pain. The ghost told the prince that his life, throne and wife were taken away by his uncle Claudius in his sleep, and told Hamlet to avenge him. So Hamlet begins a tortuous journey of revenge... There are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand readers, and everyone will see their own inner struggle in this story. When your faith collapses in the face of reality, what choice will you make? To live or not to live, that is the question.

This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. The "Legend Plays" contains five of Shakespeare's legendary plays. The legendary play "Pericles, Prince of Tire" was co-written by Shakespeare in his later years. "Cymbeline" is a late comedy work by Shakespeare. "The Winter's Tale" is a romantic romance play created by Shakespeare. The Tempest is Shakespeare's last complete masterpiece. "Twins" is a tragicomedy written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher.

This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. "Historical Drama Volume 2" contains three English historical plays written by Shakespeare. "Henry VI" is Shakespeare's first work, written around 1590-1592. Henry VI had a 14-year history in which the British feudal rule suffered a series of major blows. In France, the Anglo-French war was still going on; in England, the Royal House of Lancaster and the Royal House of York launched the protracted "War of the Roses." "Richard III" is a work by the British playwright William Shakespeare. It realistically describes the short reign of Richard III. The play is believed to have been written around 1591. After Shakespeare completed "Henry VI", he understood that the audience expected a beginning and end of the War of the Roses on the stage, so he wrote "Richard III" following the historical trajectory of "Henry VI". "Henry VIII" is a historical drama created by Shakespeare in his later years after the legendary plays. It is different from his early historical dramas. It has no bloodshed of revenge, no conspiracy to riot, no coup, no war. Some Shakespeare scholars call it "a historical drama without corpses."

This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. "Tragedy Volume Two" contains three of Shakespeare's tragedies. "King Lear" is one of Shakespeare's four famous tragedies. Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and his most popular work. It is often considered the darkest and most powerful of his tragedies. "Timon of Athens" is Shakespeare's last tragedy, written around 1607-1608. The plot tells the story of the Athenian nobleman Timon, who was generous and charitable by nature, so many people took the opportunity to come and defraud him of money. Later, he went bankrupt, his "friends" left him one after another, and finally died alone in despair.

This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. The "Roman Tragedies Volume" contains four historical tragedies written by Shakespeare. "Titus Andronicus" is Shakespeare's first tragedy. Full of passion and vendetta, this story is a model of English drama and one of Shakespeare's most successful works. "Cius Caesar" is one of Shakespeare's tragedies. The brilliant Caesar was assassinated, and the opposition was not strong enough to replace him in terms of prestige or political talent. As a result, there was a vacuum in Rome's political power, and the two rival parties immediately fought against each other. After the Brutus faction fell, an internal struggle began between Antony and Octavian, who had seized power... "Antony and Cleopatra" can be called Shakespeare's fifth greatest tragedy, written in 1607. "Coriolanna" is a Roman historical tragedy written by Shakespeare in his later years. It tells the tragedy of Marcellus (known as Coriolanna), a hero of the Roman Republic, who was expelled from Rome because of his suspicious character and bad temper, which offended the public.

This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. "Romantic Comedies Volume One" contains four of Shakespeare's early comedies. The Comedy of Errors is an early comedy written by Shakespeare. The main story in the play is that the master and the servant are twin brothers who are very similar in appearance and body. After being separated at sea, they appear together in a foreign city, causing many ridiculous plots of misunderstanding. "The Taming of the Shrew" is Shakespeare's early comedy work with a funny and interesting plot. It tells the story of a smart man who used ingenious strategies to successfully transform a grumpy rich girl into a gentle and virtuous wife. In the story, the characters' distinctive personalities and vivid dialogues are impressive. "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" is an early comedy by Shakespeare. The play tells the love stories of two young gentlemen in Verona, Valentin and Proteus, focusing on the different attitudes of these friends towards love. "Love's Labour's Labour" is one of Shakespeare's most satirical comedies, and it is also a court comedy.

This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. "Tragedies Volume One" contains three of Shakespeare's tragedies. "Romeo and Juliet" is one of Shakespeare's famous dramas. The story tells the story of two people who fell in love at first sight at a dance and then learned each other's identity. In order to be together, Juliet first took fake poison and woke up to find Romeo committing suicide, and he also committed suicide one after another. "Hamlet" is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare between 1599 and 1602. The play tells the story of uncle Claudius who murdered Hamlet's father, usurped the throne, and married the king's widow; Prince Hamlet therefore avenged his father's death on his uncle. "Othello" is a tragedy written by Shakespeare around 1603. Among Shakespeare's four major tragedies, "Othello" may have the most rigorous dramatic structure, so it can also be said to be the most perfect in terms of artistry.

This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. "Historical Drama Volume One" contains four English historical plays written by Shakespeare. "King John" is a British historical play by Shakespeare. It tells the story of King Philip of France in the early 13th century who asked King John of England to return the throne he had usurped to his legitimate heir, John's nephew Arthur. John refused, which led to a war between Britain and France... "Edward III" writes that this British king coveted the French throne because his mother was from the French Plantagenet dynasty family, and conquered France, triggering the Hundred Years' War between England and France. "Richard II" is a historical play written by Shakespeare. It tells the story of more than 20 years from the time Richard II was forced to abdicate to the marriage of Henry V, a powerful figure overseas, and a French princess. "Henry IV" is a historical play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. This is the second of Shakespeare's tetralogy on the theme of successful kings. "Henry V" is a famous historical play written by Shakespeare in 1599 based on the life of King Henry V of England. It focuses on the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War.

This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. "Issue \u002F Black Comedy Volume" contains five works of Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" is Shakespeare's important early work and a highly satirical comedy. "As You Like It" is one of the "Four Comedies" created by Shakespeare. The story mainly takes place in the forest of Arden, far away from the world. "Troilus and Cressida" is one of Shakespeare's tragedies. The play is based on Homer's Iliad and is based on the medieval legend. "All Well Ends Well" is a work written by Shakespeare in the second period. This work tells the story of how the beautiful and talented heroine Helena tried her best to win the love of Bertram, a noble-born, arrogant and superficial playboy, and finally got her wish. "Self-Inflicted" is about love and marriage, but it highlights folly and the dark side of society. Therefore, it not only echoes the tragedies of the same period, but also corresponds to the romantic mood of the play with comedy or bitter ridicule.

This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. "Romantic Comedies Volume 2" contains four romantic comedies written by Shakespeare. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare around 1590-1596. It depicts a series of stories centered on the wedding of Theseus, the Grand Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta. "Chasing Shadows" should have been written between 1598 and 1599. It was Shakespeare's creation during the most mature period of comedy writing. The content is lively, joyful and full of philosophical thoughts. The theme of the story is masks, disguises or games, and the characters in the play explore self-awareness, sincerity and respect in the relationship between men and women. "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is one of Shakespeare's comedies. It mainly shaped the image of Falstaff, the fallen knight, and triggered a series of ridiculous stories. "Twelfth Night" is the end of Shakespeare's early comedy creation. With a lyrical style and romantic comedy form, this work once again eulogizes the beautiful humanistic ideals of love and friendship, and expresses the beauty of life and love.

This book classifies Chinese classical literary works into categories and compiles them into a volume. It collects the current classic works of ancient Chinese literature, divided into three volumes: poetry, prose, and drama novels. Each volume is arranged in chronological order. The content includes an overview of literature at this stage, as well as explanations and annotations of the works. Taking the works as a point, it brings out the veins of literary history. While highlighting the intensive reading and interpretation of the works, it forms a certain historical view of literary development.

"Dialogues of Lugianos" includes 20 works, including "Dialogues of Gods", "Dialogues of Poseidons", "Dialogues of Dead Men", and "Dialogues of Prostitutes". His works have keen thinking, vivid writing, pungency and humor. They were highly praised in ancient times and had a great influence on later generations. Engels called him the "Voltaire" of ancient times.

This book is a literary script with a total of twenty episodes. It is highly educated and highly readable, and is as easy to read as a novel.

This book is a collection of scripts by the famous screenwriter He Jiping, including two of her representative plays "The First Floor in the World" and "De Ling and Ci Xi". "The First Floor in the World" mainly tells a series of stories that happened in Fujude, a time-honored brand in Beijing: The crisis-ridden Fujude gradually improved under the painstaking management of the shopkeeper Lu Mengshi, but eventually it declined under the internal and external pressure of the owner's two young masters, employees, and the government. "The First Floor in the World" is hailed as a classic work of contemporary realism. It has been performed more than 500 times and is one of the classic repertoires of the Beijing People's Art Theatre. At the same time, "The First Floor in the World" was selected into the Ministry of Education's new junior high school Chinese textbook. In 2004, it was adapted into a TV series of the same name, starring Weizi, Li Guangfu, Wang Ji, Zhang Jiayi and others.

Harold Pinter is a leading figure in contemporary British drama and a maverick dramatist. His works have been performed on the British theater stage since the 1950s and continue to this day. At the same time, these works have also become classic performances in theaters in many other countries and regions. Pinter's unique charm lies in the richness and obscurity of his works. This book explores the artistic characteristics of Harold Pinter's plays, focusing mainly on the following aspects: the structure, language, character setting of Pinter's plays, and the ideological connotation of the work. Regardless of the themes involved, the types of characters, or the style of language, they all have a unique and novel aspect. By reading this book, I hope that Pinter will be known to more people in China and that more of Pinter's works will be performed on the Chinese stage.

This book contains a total of seven opera scripts written by Hu Die. Among them, the Yue opera scripts "Jin Se" and "Xin Qiji" won the Excellence Award and Finalist Award of the 2nd Lao She Youth Drama Literature Award; the Peking opera "Thousands of Miles of Smoke" won the 6th Chinese Drama Literature Bronze Award.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the life of Xiumi, an official lady, was like a puzzle, gradually unfolding under the cover of peach blossoms. Xiumi's father, Lu Kan, was implicated in the salt class case and retired from office to live in seclusion in his hometown. However, the tranquil pastoral life did not keep his calm mind. Lu Kan contracted a bizarre madness and ran away and disappeared. His illness was said to be related to a picture of Peach Blossoms.

In 1905, Xu Shengyu, a talented scholar, had been trapped in the academic field for more than ten years, with no family and no family, but he became more and more enthusiastic with the exams and became obsessed with it. Ma Kuidao, the executioner who lives across the street, is good at killing people and regards beheading as a wonderful career. Xu Xiucai uses his sharp sword to avoid the horse like a ghost. A gentleman stays away from the kitchen, but what about the executioner? Ma Kuidao admired Xu Xiucai very much, because Xu Xiucai's whole body, from bones to muscles, was strong and beautiful, so he often came close to him. On this day, Ma Kuidaozhengyang and Xu Xiucai wrote a letter, but news came that the imperial court had abolished hanging and other death penalty methods, and stopped the imperial examination. The two of them felt as if they were struck by thunder, and the world collapsed on them. After crying drunkenly, Ma Kuidao realized that he could not cut someone in half, but could only behead him, like cutting a carrot. It was no longer interesting, so he quit his job. But I felt uncomfortable all over. His wife Gardenia knew it very well and persuaded him to open a butcher shop, hoping to find some happiness between the knife and the meat. Unexpectedly, the horse cutting meat with a sharp knife turns out to be a wonderful scene, and it has become a major local attraction and is very prosperous. However, Xu Xiucai finally became a private school teacher, but was exploited and humiliated by his employer and returned home angrily. Enraged by his boss and sincerely invited by Ma Kuidao, Xu Xiucai was desperate and became a butcher shop clerk. Although he was helpless, he had a real experience of life, and had emotional turmoil with the young widow. Hearing Ma Kuidao explain the secret of cutting meat, he also suddenly understood the truth of literary knowledge. He and Ma Kuidao became close friends. Later, he became an expert at cutting meat. Ma Kuai Dao was also equipped with glasses and could read music books.

As part of China's new literature, China's modern comedy originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, took shape in the 1920s after the May Fourth Movement, and achieved critical development in the 1930s. With the process of modern reshaping of Chinese comedy concepts, the issue of comedy legitimacy has been initially resolved. China's modern comedy art has entered a mature period since the mid-1930s, and ushered in its golden age after 1940. The historical transformation of Chinese comedy from its classical form to its modern form has been basically completed. With this as a background, this book systematically examines the ecological environment, ideological background, artistic type, development history, movement patterns, value stance, overall style and its contribution and influence in the history of Chinese comedy from 1927 to 1939 from three levels: macro, meso and micro based on the collection, screening and arrangement of historical materials. In addition, the book also has a special chapter to study the development path, type characteristics and interaction between humorous comedy, satirical comedy and comedy of manners in this period; and further explores the artistic pursuits of representative writers Ding Xilin, Xiong Foxi, Ouyang Yuqian, Li Jianwu, Chen Baichen, Xu Xu and other representative writers in this period and their creative achievements in the modern period based on key works. The appendix of this book is a study of Lin Yutang's humorous thoughts and Zhu Guangqian's comedy thoughts and a catalog of the main modern Chinese comedy works from 1927 to 1939.

On the evening of the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, a baby was born amidst the joyous songs of worshiping the stove and the music of flag soldiers patrolling the city. The festive atmosphere of preparing for the child's "three baths" still cannot hide the difficulties of living on a tight budget and the idleness of all the relatives. The sad elegy of the collapse of the building runs throughout the play from then on. In the play, the kind-hearted Lao She family, the dim and incompetent uncle, the elder sister-in-law and the elder brother-in-law, the overbearing and confused aunt, the elder sister-in-law, the shrewd cousin Fuhai and the upright Mr. Duo all appear one by one. They are full of Beijing films, which not only reproduce the historical events of the Gengzi Year in 1900, but also incorporate Beijing-style humorous language and the singing and dancing of "Siban Tune", "Liu Shuiban", and "Peasant Music" to highlight the characteristics of Beijing Opera.

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between China and Japan, this book selects three historical celebrities who witnessed Sino-Japanese friendship and describes their contributions to Sino-Japanese friendship from different perspectives. One is Zen Master Yin Yuan, who is well known to both Japan and China, one is Yang Guifei from the Tang Dynasty, and the other is Lu Xun, a modern celebrity. All three of them have experience of staying in Japan. This theme can better highlight the friendship between China and Japan. There are three stories in the book, namely "Bitter Love on the Green Mountain", "Amber and Crystal" and "Teacher's Fate".

A woman's 40 years of affection and love are written with a delicate and gorgeous pen in a sad and moving way, with ups and downs. In the 1940s, Wang Qiyao, who was still a middle school student, was selected as the "Miss Shanghai" and began her ill-fated life. She became the "canary" of a certain official and transformed from a girl to a real woman. Later, the high-ranking officials were killed, Shanghai was liberated, and Wang Qiyao became an ordinary citizen, suddenly like Piaoping. The days on the surface are as ordinary as water, but the emotional tide in the heart has never subsided. The complicated relationships with several men, a combination of circumstances, and hundreds of grievances are all destined to come. Facing the vast ocean of the times, she weakly clung to her old lifestyle and sentiment, and gradually indulged in... In the 1980s, Wang Qiyao, who was already knowing her destiny, could not escape her fate. She had an abnormal love affair with a nostalgic young man named "Old Clerk". She had a dim vision and a passionate heart, but unexpectedly died unexpectedly, and she was filled with hatred...

This is a story about man and nature. This is a story about a ship boss living in harmony with the ocean. This is a story about a group of men and a group of fish fighting and chasing each other for decades.

The story takes place in the middle of the Warring States Period. As soon as Duke Xiao of Qin died, Shang Yang was sentenced to be quartered with five horses. Zhu Huan had always been opposed to Shang Yang during his lifetime. Now, his soul came to gloat over Shang Yang's misfortune and sentenced Shang Yang to "exterminate his entire family and divide his body into pieces", and told Shang Yang that this was his destiny that he could not escape. But Shang Yang disdained and refused to obey the destiny. He said: "Although Lord Shang is dead, his methods will remain undefeated for thousands of years. Although Lord Shang is dead, one hundred and seventeen years later, the Qin Dynasty will dominate the world!" Because he knew that destiny was not unavoidable. From the day he was born, God wanted him to die, but he lived for fifty-two years.

The song "The Peony Pavilion" interprets the passionate love story between a young lady and her dream lover, and also contains the joys and sorrows of three generations of a Kun Opera family: In an era when the economy is developing rapidly and traditional drama culture is at a low ebb, Kun Opera Master Wu Yijiao is the fourth generation successor of the Wu School of Kun Opera, but none of his three sons can inherit the mantle. Only Jinxiu, a close disciple, maintains the lifeline of the traditional art of Wu School Kun Opera. The Wu family has complex feelings and expectations for her. Carrying the lifelong expectations of her mentor, Jinxiu is reluctant to let go of ancient art. In the play, she transforms into Du Liniang who longs for love. Outside the play, she is an ascetic who is willing to burn youth, love and even life for art. But she still has the same dream as Du Liniang in her heart. The repeated interweaving of the inside and outside of the play, reality and illusion, makes her gradually indulge in an ancient and beautiful dream, interpreting a modern Du Liniang's garden dream.

"Big Brother" tells the story of the relationship between four brothers and sisters in an ordinary family in Shanghai for decades. There have been struggles, rebellions, and sacrifices. In the end, it is the eldest brother Niu Peihua who maintains the integrity of the Niu family.

"The Madhouse Next to Heaven" is a comedy full of absurdity, which shows the spiritual emptiness and ignorance of some people through the description of the behavior of madmen. Yu Rongjun himself called the play a "pan-human" work, "it shows modern people's various inadaptations and social diseases to modern society."

In the 1910s and 20s of the last century, a fresh wind blew into ancient China. New knowledge, new culture, and new ideas sprouted everywhere, stirring the hearts of young talents with great ambitions. Xu Zhimo, who holds the title of Poet Laureate, returns from studying in England with great success. He passionately advocated the political ideal of social reform and practiced pioneering creation of new literature, especially new poetry.