What is the drama for?

Drama refers to a form of drama with dialogue as the main form, which was introduced to China in the late 19 century and the early 20th century. Different from traditional stage plays and traditional operas, the main narrative means of drama is the dialogue or monologue of actors without accompaniment on the stage, but a small amount of music and singing can be used. Drama is a comprehensive art, and script creation, director, performance, beauty of dance, lighting and criticism are indispensable. China's traditional drama is not drama, and some western traditional dramas, such as ancient Greek dramas, are not strictly dramas because of their extensive use of chorus. Modern western stage plays are generally dramas if they are not labeled as musicals, operas, etc.

The origin of the name

Drama with dialogue and action as the main means of expression. It first appeared on the eve of the Revolution of 1911, when it was called "new drama" or "civilized drama". The new drama gradually declined after the Revolution of 1911. After the May 4th Movement, European drama was introduced into China, and modern drama in China rose, which was called "American drama" and "white drama" at that time. It reflects social life through the characters' personalities. Dialogue in drama is refined spoken language, which must be personalized, natural, refined, vivid, beautiful, expressive, easy to understand and acceptable to the masses. Qu Yuan by Guo Moruo, Teahouse by Lao She, Thunderstorm by Cao Yu and Shan Xinpu by Su Shuyang are all famous plays in China.

Drama was introduced into China from abroad at the beginning of this century. From 65438 to 0907, Zeng Xiaogu, who studied in Tokyo, Japan from China, was adapted from an American novel, The Record of the Black Slave, which was the first script of China's early plays. Modern famous dramatists include Guo Moruo, Cao Yu, Hong Shen, Tian Han and Lao She.

19 At the end of the 20th century, the social, economic and political changes in China promoted the development of the drama movement, and a nationwide reform movement appeared in the drama field. At the same time, under the influence of Japanese new drama and European drama, China's early drama was born, which was called new drama at that time, also called civilized drama. The new drama rose on the eve of the Revolution of 1911. Later, the evolution group headed by Ren Tianzhi, the founder of China's early drama, summed up the experience of this new drama, explored and innovated, and absorbed foreign nutrition to develop it, thus forming a complete pattern. Early outstanding plays include Family Hatred, Club Clock, Empty Valley and Orchid, Plum Blossom Fall, Pearl Tower, Hate the Sea and so on.

In 1928, at the suggestion of Hong Shen, a famous dramatist, this drama style, which mainly used dialogue and action expressions to express feelings, was named "Drama". Since then, this kind of drama introduced to China from the west has a recognized official name.

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Stage, intuition, synthesis and dialogue