Are these Tsinghua masters "drama"?

What do you think of in the drama?

It's familiar to one by one

The name of the drama master

Or is it a group of popular drama?

There were such "masters" in Tsinghua Garden

Their affection with the drama is deep

In the Tsinghua Garden of that year

The drama is involved in a wide range

Campus cultural activity

How strong is Tsinghua's drama atmosphere?

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The drama fate of these Tsinghua masters

Wang Wenxian: Tsinghua Drama "Godfather"

Tao Lifeng

Wang Wenxian, the director of the Department of Western Literature and the principal of the Agent of Tsinghua University, is the source of the Tsinghua drama culture. He has created the English drama "Beijing Coup" and "Quan Qi Quan Quan". Zhu Guangqian commented on "Quan Qiu Quan Quan": "His observation is sophisticated and true, and his ridicule is cold and poisonous." It is "almost flawless" in the manufacture of intense layout.

He presided over and formulated the program outline and discipline description of the Department of Western Literature of Tsinghua University, and was included in the two courses of "Introduction to Drama" and "Shakespeare". Essence Zhang Junxiang, who has been an instructor of Wang Wenxian, said that Wang Wenxian's speech was "solid. For those who first came into contact with Western drama, it was an entry foundation." When Hong Shen, Li Jianwu, Cao Yu, Zhang Junxiang and other famous drama people were studying in Tsinghua Garden, they infiltrated the strong drama creative atmosphere.

Wang Wenxian also carried care for students who are interested in drama. After Li Jianwu graduated, Wang Wenxian hired him as a teaching assistant to continue his studies, and accumulated a large number of professional books for Tsinghua. Cao Yu once said, "I just read the drama book bought by him (Wang Wenxian) to study the drama." Cao Yu in the old book of Tsinghua University After the library wrote "Thunderstorm", Wang Wenxian also specially wrote to him to communicate with him.

Lin Huiyin: Celebrating his birthday for Tagore

In 1924, Lin Huiyin and Tagore took a group photo

From the left, Liang Sicheng Zhang Yehai Lin Changmin's thick Tagore Lin Hui Yin Xu Zhimo

When Tagore visited China in 1924, Lin Huiyin and others planned the performance of the Tagore's poem "Zidra" as a gift for Tagore's birthday. Lin Huiyin plays the princess Zidella, Zhang Yehai (professor of Western Literature of Tsinghua University) as the prince Ajunna, Xu Zhimo plays the love god Mada, Liang Sicheng (graduated from Tsinghua School in 1923) is responsible for the stage set. Father) Playing the Spring God's Senta. The whole play performed in English, which caused a sensation in the Peiping cultural circle.

Lin Huiyin later went to study in the United States. One year, she went to Yale to study stage design. It can be said that she has nothing to do with her drama experience in Tsinghua. After returning to China, in the winter of 1935, Lin Hui designed the setting of "Wealth" in response to Cao Yu's request. The layout of the stage was praised by the "Yishi News" and "Dagong": "The corner of the building, the corner of the pavilion, the beautiful gallery, the green tree; The elegant, all built on the stage. Regardless of the angle, the bright and dark lines have become a poem. There are rhymes, turbid rhythm, and a painting. One of the artistic conception. Here we celebrate Ms. Lin's success. "(Berke:" Fortune Crazy ")

Hong Shen: Tsinghua Garden came out

The founder of Chinese modern drama

Hong Shen was admitted to Tsinghua in Tianjin in 1912, becoming the starting point of his life. In the four years in Tsinghua, the most involved in the drama of the campus. 》 The plot, creatively designed the stage on the open space of the campus woods. Once the performance was staged, it was impressed by everyone. He made friends with the poor around Tsinghua, "I know many miserable situations they usually refuse to say and the general classmates are disdainful." In 1915, Hong Shen wrote the first script "Selling Pearmen who reflects the civilian life" "; In 1916, in order to raise funds for villagers in the nearby villagers, he created and arranged" Poor Tragedy ", which was well received after the performance.

In the summer of 1916, Hong Shen went to the United States. He studied from the drama master George Pierce Baker and became the first international student who specializes in drama abroad. When he returned to China in 1922, he said: "If possible, I am willing to be a Chinese Iboson." Cao Yu commented on him "can be edited, guided, and can be performed. Dare to do it, it is my model. "Xia Yan commented that he" never leave the times, never leave the society, and never separate himself from the national nation. He will always breathe with the times and worry with the people. "

Cao Yu: Born in Tsinghua University

"Thunderstorm" in the old library

After being admitted to Tsinghua University, Cao Yu went directly to the second grade of the Department of Western Literature. Soon after entering the school, Cao Yu participated in the drama. When he was in "Nala", he was not only starring, but also the director. In the spring of 1931, "Nala" performed in the Tsinghua hall, Cao Yu's outstanding acting skills caused a sensation. After the "September 18th Incident", in order to cooperate with the anti -Japanese rescue propaganda, Cao Yu also rehearsed the "Horse Clinics" and "Bone Pi" adapted from foreign dramas. The irony of Japanese militarism has received good results.

Cao Yu obtained the double harvest of career and love in Tsinghua Garden. In 1931, the girl Zheng Xiu came to Tsinghua University to enjoy the drama "Nala". The performance on the stage was Cao Yu, who was later known as "China Shakespeare", and became the beginning of the two people. One year later, Zheng Xiu was admitted to the Department of Law of Tsinghua University to know and fell in love with Cao Yu. Soon after, at the long table of the old library of Tsinghua Library, Cao Yu's descent book was written by Zheng Xiu with a neat handwriting. This is the "thunderstorm" of the Chinese drama. Liang Shiqiu: The enthusiasm for the drama for a lifetime

In "Tsinghua Eight Years", Liang Shiqiu talked about his love for drama. When he graduated, he bid farewell to Tsinghua who lived in the eight years in the way. "On the day of graduation, there was a party. The three -act drama "Zhang John" was edited. There are two women in the play in the play, and no one wants to serve. Finally, I and Wu Wenzao. "Before graduating, Liang Shiqiu also starred in the" Conscience "drama directed by Chen Dayou. Essence

The love of this kind of dialogue drama and the love of Tsinghua classmates. After studying in the United States, Liang Shiqiu and a group of Tsinghua alumni created a drama "Pipa". Story on the stage. The play was written by Tsinghua University Guizi Gu Yizheng, translated by Liang Shiqiu, and the actors include Gu Yizheng, Liang Shiqiu, Bing Xin, Xie Wenqiu, etc. Clothing, stage supplies and sets are designed from far away from New York. This scene was staged in the Boston Art Theater. It was extremely successful. The audience was mostly a person in the American cultural industry and a professor of university.

Tsinghua drama stars are bright

Talking about Tsinghua dramas today, people think of Hong Shen, Cao Yu, and Li Jianwu. In fact, in Tsinghua Garden of that year, the drama was not a "niche" hobby. There are Wen Yiduo, Zhang Guangzhang, Chen Da, Liu Chongzheng, Tang Yongtong and so on. In other acting activities, you can also see the names of Shi Jiyuan, Wu Yan, Wu Wenzao, and Su Zonggu. At that time, Wen Yiduo, the general manager of the "New Drama Club" of the Tsinghua Drama Club, the director of the screenwriter, the director of the screenwriter, Zhang Zuyin, the director of the drama, Wu Zelin, the chief affairs director, Wang Shizhen, the director of the makeup, and Cheng Shaoyu, the director of the Shop Jing, and Cheng Shaoyu.

The social function of the drama of Tsinghua's drama Zhang Yanghua is closely related to the social trend and the time change of the situation outside the campus. The rehearsal dramas are based on social news and hot topics, showing deep social care. Hong Shen's "Poor Tragedy" tells the hard life of the people at the bottom and raised donations outside the school. After watching it, Cao Rulin also donated 100 yuan to the poor primary school. Gu Yizheng's "Zhang John" criticized the international students to like the new and hate the old, and the four -act drama "Murder" of the effectiveness reflects the marriage of the international students, and it is based on the social news of the time. After the "September 18th" incident, there were also anti -Japanese themes such as "Memorial Day" and "Living Buried".

At the same time, Tsinghua drama people did not ignore the pursuit of the artistic of the dialogue. Hong Shen translated the "Instructions of the screenwriter" and proposed 15 operass rules with strong operability. Zhang Pengchun put forward the requirements of the actor "the deep feelings of the person and the live language tool" during a lecture on the drama club. In 1936, "Tsinghua Weekly" also published an initiative of the "compilation of the drama dictionary" to make efforts for the localization of art.

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Tsinghua's promotion of drama art inside and outside the school

Cultivated a large number of drama talents and works

Follow society and meet Chinese and Western

It has been made for the development of Chinese drama.

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