What are the most famous Shanghai Operas? (Name of the play)

Shanghai Shanghai Opera Repertoire

Ten Not Allowed

Synopsis: A pair of young lovers, the man went out to do business, no news, to return to meet again, the woman blamed the man should not be ungrateful, out of the joy of forgetting to return. The man tells her that he has lost his money in business, and has been displaced from his home. The woman is not convinced, and the man is about to go to the Shanghai Opera House to tell her the details of his journey. The woman listens to him and then believes him, but before she gets married, she proposes "ten no's" for the man to commit to: he is not allowed to go out and swim in the marina, he is not allowed to go out at night to have an affair with another woman, he is not allowed to practice his fists so as not to hurt anyone, he is not allowed to go to a prostitute, he is not allowed to steal from a nun, he is not allowed to blow his cock, and he is not allowed to go to a brothel to have a good time. Stealing nuns; he is not allowed to blow, more blow to hurt; not allowed to go to the teahouse, so as not to make bad friends; not allowed to marry another woman as his wife. Male all promise, the two back together. This play can also be listed separately, such as "touring the pier", "practice fist" (also known as "stacking sand"), "Crystal Palace", "on the West Tower" and so on several folds, which is especially "touring the pier" is more distinctive.

Small Separation

Also known as "Small Separation". Synopsis: A young scholar has a private affair with a rich girl and makes an appointment to meet her. But three appointments, the scholar are for some reason lost. The fourth appointment in August, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the woman prepared a sumptuous food and wine, wait until the second shift still do not see the scholar to come, had no choice but to ask his parents to drink and enjoy the moon, at this time, the scholar came to fulfill the appointment, see the female parents in the seat, but had to return. The next night, the scholar climbed over the wall of the woman's house to ask the woman, accidentally fell into the lotus pond, lying sick. The first time I saw the woman's face, she was in a state of shock, and she was in a state of shock, and she was in a state of shock. The language of the play is more elegant, often used for other types of theater, so it is one of the more typical plays of the Shanghai Opera pair of theater singing period, often performed. After the liberation, "Aihua" and "Qin Yi" troupes had organized and performed it.

Borrowing Yellow Chaff

Originally known as "Yellow Chaff Record", also known as "Man Lokan" and "Deceiving Father to Come Out of the Family", it is one of the traditional bone old plays. Synopsis: A wealthy family, Li Junming, has lost his fortune due to a catastrophic disaster, and he borrows money from his son-in-law Zhang Jinchun's family before the New Year's Eve. To his surprise, his eldest daughter, Dainan, and son-in-law, Jinchun, are snobbish and taunt his father-in-law, only lending him a hundred coins and five liters of yellow chaff. Li returned home in anger, feeling the cruelty of the world, so he threw himself into the river with his youngest daughter, Nui. Luckily, he was rescued by the monastery as a monk, and his daughter was rescued by fishermen and sent back to her uncle's house. His uncle is furious and forces Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Jinchun to beg his father to come down from the mountain, but Li is determined to become a monk. In 1959, the Shanghai Municipal People's Shanghai Opera Troupe, a collective group, organized the play, written by Chen Jianyun, directed by Yang Guanfu, starring Xie Hongyuan, Shi Shiaoying, Shia Aiqin, Shen Manmin, etc. The play was premiered at the Xinguang Theater. It was first performed at the Xinguang Theater. The play's language is vivid, both solemn and harmonious, with a strong flavor of life. Among them, "Borrowing Yellow Chaff", "Putting Water on the Pier", and "Begging to Go Down the Mountain" are sung with great skill, and former artists such as Ding Shaolan, Shiau Wenbin, Yang Yueying, and Shiau Yueying all excelled in this play. After the adaptation of "Renhu", it was one of the reserved repertoires of Xie Hongyuan and Shi Xiaoying. The Shanghai Opera School and the Shanghai People's Shanghai Opera Troupe School used this play as their teaching material.

Lu Yachen

It is said to be based on an actual incident in Qingpu. Synopsis: Lu Yachen comes from a rich family and is lazy. After the death of his parents, he spends all his time in casinos and eventually loses all his family's money, and is even forced to sell his wife at the instigation of a trafficker to gamble again. Coincidentally, his mother-in-law came to visit her daughter, and tried to persuade her, but she insisted on selling her wife. The mother-in-law had no choice but to take out one hundred silver dollars to "buy" her daughter back to her family. As a result, Lu and will lose all the silver dollars. Late at night to go home, people are gone, empty of money, regret and mixed, then hanged himself from a beam. Neighbor Uncle Cai found out, he saved him, advised Lu to be a new man, and led him to see his mother-in-law. After Lu begged earnestly, his mother-in-law and his wife forgave him and he was able to resume his life. The play is a popular traditional repertoire of the various class societies and troupes during the period of Tanchuan and Shenqu, in which the Lu Yachen of Shi Chunxuan and Shiao Wenbin is distinctive. in November 1987, in order to raise funds for the compilation of the "Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai Opera Journal", the editorial board of the "Chinese Opera Journal-Shanghai Volume" and the Shanghai Shanghai Opera Theatre chose the play as the "Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai Opera Famous Actors Joint Performance", which was performed by the masters of Shanghai Shanghai Opera, and was presented by the Shanghai Shanghai Theatre. The repertoire was rearranged by Shi Yusheng into 7 performances of "Lu Yachen Sells Her Maiden", directed by Liu Weiguo, with music arranged by Zhu Jiesheng and Ru Jinshan, choreography designed by Wang Luping, Zhao Weiying and Xu Jian, and performed by actors Wang Pansheng, Zhao Chunfang, Ding Ye'e, Wang Yaqin, Yang Feifei, Shi Shiaoying, Xiao Shiaoyuzhen, Wang Xiuying, Shao Binsun, Zhao Yunming, Yang Meimei, and Han Yumin on ****stage. In 1988, it was performed in the '88 Hong Kong Chinese Regional Opera Exhibition at the Sunbeam Theater in Hong Kong by the young actors of Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai Theater, Mao Shanyu and Xu Jun. In November 1987, the joint performance was made into a video tape by Shanghai Television, and a cassette tape of the whole opera was made by China Record Company.

Gu Dingchen

Also known as Double Jade Peninsula. Synopsis: Gu Dingchen, a prime minister in the Ming Dynasty, retired to his homeland, and one day, during a spring trip, he took refuge in the home of a villager, Lin Ziwen.

Gu saw that Lin's wife, Lu Suzhen, had a dignified demeanor, and resembled his deceased daughter, and agreed to accept her as his adopted daughter. The local military minister's son, Mao Junrui, see Lu posture, suddenly born of evil thoughts, molestation is not, and authorized the house slaves to kill the old accountant, moved the body of the Lin family door, will be Lin Ziwen to murderer. Lu seeks help from her father, Gu Dingchen. Gu, concerned about his identity, writes a poem to the magistrate, imploring him to release Lin. However, the magistrate still insists that Lin be sentenced to death at the behest of the Mao family. Gu had no choice but to write a letter to the Emperor himself to seek justice. When Lin Ziwen was executed, Gu Dingshen went to the court to rescue him, and the governor of Kunshan refused to forgive him. In the nick of time, the emperor ordered Lin Ziwen to be acquitted, and he was immediately released and the couple was reunited. The play originated from a real story that happened in Jiangnan during the Ming Dynasty, and was performed in the 1920s and 1940s in the form of a screenplay by the Ming Dynasty's civilized opera and the Shenqu Opera, which absorbed the commentary and a variety of sung texts, and was processed and collated by Shimene in 1954. Director Jin Lin, composer Yang Buqing, choreographer Zhang Jianan. The main actors were Shi Chunxuan, Wang Xiuying, Zhao Yunming, Cai Zhifang, Bu Wenying, Ding Guobin, Zhu Yinfeng and Zhao Yunsheng. In September of that year, it was performed by the Changjiang Shanghai Opera Troupe at the Central Theater. The plot of the play has twists and turns, and the play is rich in local flavor and human touch. The play's plot is full of twists and turns, and is characterized by its local flavor and human touch, including "The Pavilion Master's Journey to Spring" and "Judgment in the Hall of Flowers. Shi Chunxuan's portrayal of Gu Dingchen, who portrays a generous, funny and educated old pharaoh, is one of the troupe's preserved repertoire.

Yang Naiwu and Cabbage

Also known as Yang Naiwu and The Strange Case of Yuhang. Synopsis: Liu Zihe, the son of Liu Xitong, the governor of Yuhang County, raped Bi Xiuqiu, a woman known as "Little Chinese Cabbage" for her beauty, and took advantage of the illness of her husband, Ge Xiaodai, to poison and murder her in an attempt to occupy Bi for a long period of time. After the case, the Liu family father and son and master Qian conspired to entice Bi, framed for having had an affair with Bi Yang Naiwu. Yang although the defense, but in the torture under the beatings. The squires were not convinced, jointly sued, the governor of zhejiang bribe in vain, Yang sister Shuying into the prison to obtain Naiwu handwritten pleadings, risked his life to Beijing rolling nail boards. Fitting official infighting, the Qing court ordered the Ministry of Justice to retrial. Bi's cheated refused to spit out the truth, the Ministry of Justice set up a secret room so that before the death of Yang, Bi meeting, eavesdropping on the two told each other their feelings, so that the case is clear, three years of wrongful imprisonment to be cleared up. In 1927, the Shi family class transformed the civilized play into an episodic version of the play, which premiered at the Hongkou New Market, with Shi Chunxuan as Yang Naiwu. In October 1950, the Shanghai Opera Troupe of the Chinese Artists premiered the play at the Central Theatre with the lyrics of Yan Xueding as the blueprint, and the play was adapted by Zhao Yanshi, Zhang Zhixing, Zhang Xingzhi, and directed by Mokai, and starred Shao Binsun, Shi Shiaoying, and Shiaoying, and premiered at the Central Theatre in September 1956 with the "Chinese Art" production of the Shanghai People's Shanghai Opera Troupe. In September 1956, the Shanghai People's Shanghai Theater Troupe re-adapted the play based on the "Chinese Arts" version, with playwrights Shuren, Zonghua and Xingzhi, directors Mo Kai, Shao Binsun and Yang Guanfu, composers Ma Junzhi and Wan Zhiqing, and choreographer Jiang Yunfeng. Starring Shao Binsun, Shi Xiaoying, and Shin Aiqin. The "People's Shanghai" version was published by the Shanghai Culture Press in 1957, and in 1966 it was included in the "National Collection of Local Operas - Shanghai Volume of Shanghai Hüju Opera

In 1988 and 1991, the Shanghai Shanghai Theater brought the play to Hong Kong, starring Mao Shanyu, Xu Jun, and Sun Xuchun, etc. In 1956, the Endeavor Shanghai Opera Troupe staged a performance of the play, written by Wang Feng, with the play's plot, storyline, and direction. In 1956, the Endeavor Shanghai Opera Troupe performed this play, which was written by Wang Feng, with no official infighting in the play. The play was later adapted and performed by the Beijing Opera Troupe, starring Wei Xikui, and was filmed as an opera art film. 1957, the Qin Yi Shanghai Opera Troupe also performed the play, adapting and organizing the play by Jin Ren, directed by Shang Zhou.

Crying and Laughing

Synopsis: At the beginning of the Republic of China, under the rule of the Northern Warlords in Beiping, a young student, Fan Jiashu, comes to Beilai to study, and meets Guan Shoufeng, Guan Xiuqiu's father and daughter, who are selling their art, and Shen Fenghi, who is a girl who sings the big drums, on the footbridge. Fan is reluctant to go out with the girl introduced by his cousin, He Lina, but falls in love with Shen Fenxi and helps her to get rid of her singing career. Fan and Shen's love for their cousin Tao Bohe learns about it and writes to Fan's mother. Fan's mother urges Fan to return to the south under the false pretext of serious illness. Fan, Shen station to say goodbye, was the warlord General Liu see, so in the name of singing concerts forced Shen to go to Liu's house, Shen in the General Liu under the influence of concubines. A month later, Fan returned to Ping, by entering the general's residence, the girl Guan Xiu Gu, who secretly protects Feng Xi, help, so that Fan, Shen in the first Nongtan meeting, Shen hidden pain, to pay Fan, in return for the help of the grace of a large amount of money. The story of the two of them is a very different one, but it is a very different story, and it is a very different story. Shen is ashamed to return the jewelry, and cries bitterly. The meeting between Fan and Shen was discovered by General Liu, who, in a fit of rage, whipped Feng Xi, who was y stimulated and immediately went insane. General Liu also saw Guan Xiugu's beauty and wanted to possess her. Guan Xiu Gu used a trick to trick General Liu to go to the West Mountain to get married, and together with Guan Shou Feng, they assassinated Liu. The play was first adapted into a play by Song Palm Light based on the novel of the same name by Zhang Henshui, and was premiered on May 21, 1930 at the Zhongnan Theater by the "Fuying Society", which was formed by Shi Genfu and Shi Shiaoying. Later, the Zhong Yi Theater Troupe formed by Shih Shiao-ying, Wei Ming-chi, Shao Bin-sun, and Shiao-aiqin was re-staged at the Oriental Theater in R.O.C. 37. The Wenbin Theatre Troupe, led by Shiau Wenbin, also performed at the Great China Theatre on January 1, R.O.C. 29, under the direction of Fan Chingfeng. In the 1930s and 1940s, the play was often performed by various troupes in the towns of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai, and was one of the more influential plays of the Shenqu period. 1961, it was adapted into a play by He Jun and premiered by the Changjiang Shanghai Theater Troupe. 1969, He Jun rearranged the play and performed it by Xuhui Shanghai Theater Troupe, and 1985, He Jun rearranged the play and performed it by the Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai Theater Troupe, with the two roles of Shen Fenghsi and He Lina played by Ma Lili, Lu Jingye as Fan Jiashi, and Han Yuye as Fan Jiashi. The roles of Shen Fengxi and He Lina were played by Ma Lili, Lu Jingye played Fan Jiashu, and Han Yumin played Shen's mother. He Jun has rewritten the play several times without the "stabbing Liu" ending.

Ruan Lingyu's Suicide

Synopsis: Ruan Lingyu lost her father at a young age, and was raised by her mother's maid for her education. One day, she meets Zhang Daming and falls in love with each other, wanting to be partners. When Zhang's mother is critically ill, Ruan accompanies Zhang to visit her relatives, and when Zhang's mother dies, Ruan and Zhang marry in front of the coffin. Soon after, Zhang lost his job and Ruan gave birth to a daughter, Siu Yu, who was struggling to make ends meet. Luckily, his brother introduced him to Ruan and he became an actor in a movie company called National Wind. He soon became a movie star. Zhang was introduced by a fellow tea merchant, Tang Jisan, to go to Hong Kong for employment, and Tang took the opportunity to pursue Lingyu; Ruan's mother, greedy for wealth, forced her daughter to comply, and Tang's wife knew about it, which set off a family turmoil. A few months later, Damien returns to Shanghai and learns that Ruan has been cohabiting with Tang, so he goes there to comment on the matter, and Ruan is willing to divorce Zhang. Although Zhang hired a lawyer to represent him, he finally agreed to divorce. Zhang went to Tang's house to see her daughter, but Ruan's mother refused and insulted her, so Zhang filed a lawsuit in court. When a tabloid reporter learns of the case, public opinion is divided and it becomes a sensation in Shanghai. Lingyu is nervous about making a movie and receives a summons from the court, so she has to stop and talk to Tang, but Tang turns a blind eye to the situation. Lingyu, alone and without help, took sleeping pills to kill herself, her last note: "People's words can be feared." When Zhang hears about this, he goes to the funeral parlor to cry over the corpse, regretting that he has not been able to do anything. Song Jang-chi and Shih Hsiao-yin adapted the play from the civilized opera "The Story of Lingyu's Fragrance". In 1935, the Foying Society, led by Shi Genfu and Shi Meiying, premiered the play at the Shenqu Hall of the National Goods Shopping Center. In April of the same year, the Zhongshan Society also performed the play in Songjiang Songhui Xiaozhu. Wang Mengliang arranged the libretto based on a civilized play, and Yang Meimei played Ruan Lingyu. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Effort Shanghai Opera Troupe staged the play in 1996.

Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm is based on the play of the same name by Cao Yu. In December, 1938, the Shi Family Theater Troupe was changed from Shi Chunxuan to a curtain show out of the Dazhonghua Theater. It starred Jin Kengquan, Shi Chunxuan, Shao Hefeng, Yu Lintong, Shi Wenyun, Shi Chun'e, Yang Meimei, etc. In September of the following year, it was performed by Xie Hongyuan. In September of the following year, the Sunbeam Troupe, led by Xie Hongyuan, Yang Yunxia, Yu Lintong, and Xia Fulin, also performed in the Oriental Theater. In 1954, the Aihua Shanghai Opera Troupe was adapted by Zhang Chengji, with Bei Fan as director, Shui Hui as composer, and Guan Fu as choreographer. Starring Ling Aizhen, Yang Yuexia, Wu Lesheng, Yuan Binzhong, Du Zhihua, Yang Meimei, Ling Dake and Shen Tianhong. Performed at the Cathay Theatre. May 12, 1954, Shanghai People's Shanghai Opera Troupe, adapted by Zong Hua, directed by Lan Liu, composed by He Shubai, choreographer Yu Liang. Starring Ding Yee E, Xie Hong Yuan, Shi Shiaoying, Shia Aiqin, Yu Lin Tong, Li Ting Kang, Gu Zhi Chun and Li Ren Zhong. Performed at the Shin Kong Theater, the play later toured to Wuhan, Changsha, Nanchang, Fuzhou and Xiamen. The content and structure of the play did not differ much from the original. 1959 Shanghai Opera Conference was jointly performed on the Grand Stage by six troupes: Shanghai People's Troupe, Yihua, Endeavor, Qinyi, Changjiang and Aihua. Adopting Zong Hua's script. Directed by Lan Liu, composed by Yao Mu, with choreography by Wei Zheng and Jiang Yunfeng. The main actors and actresses are Ding Yee E, Xie Hong Yuan, Shi Shiaoying, Shao Binsun, Wang Pan Sheng, Xiao Shiaoyuzhen, Yang Feifei, Shiaoyu Aiqin, Yuan Binzhong, Zhao Yunming, etc. In 1987, Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai Theatre Troupe No. 3 participated in the "The First Shanghai International Arts Festival" with an adaptation by Lan Tian and Yu Yuanfang, with the director Yang Wenlong, music director Liu Ruzeng, composers Qu Chunquan, Yang Miaokang, Wu Zhengkui, choreographer Shen Miaokang, and choreographer Wu Zhengkui, and choreographer Shen Miaokang, Composer Qu Chunquan, Yang Miaokang, Wu Zhengkui, Choreographer Shen Xiyu, Wang Luping. Starring Chen Yu, Mao Shanyu, Sun Xu Chun, Wang Huazhong, Li Zhongying, Wang Mingdao, Wang Lihai, Jin Yuming. On June 14th of the same year, it was performed on the **** stage. 1989 Shanghai Shanghai Theatre went to Hong Kong to perform the play, which was still adapted by Zong Hua, with director Lan Liu, composer Wan Zhiqing, and choreographer Shi Jiong. Starring Shao Binsun, Ma Lili, Zhang Qing, Sun Xuchun, Chen Yu, Shen Renwei, Wang Mingda, Ni Xingjia. 1990, Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai Theater held a six-generation reunion and an exhibition of some of the best plays, and the play was performed on the Grand Stage. Abridged version by Zong Hua, organized by Song Zhihua; artistic director Ling Guanru, director Lan Liu, composers Wan Zhiqing and Ru Jinshan, choreographer Du Shixiang, lighting designer Ying Rilong, costume designer Chen Guomei, and stylist Mi Huiliang. Starring Wang Hua Zhong, Ma Lili, Zhang Xing Sheng, Sun Xu Chun, Zhu Hui Qin, Mao Shan Yu. It was later performed at the Shanghai Shopping Center Theater.

The Begonia

Based on the novel of the same name by Qin Shououou. Synopsis: Luo Xiangqi, a senior student at the Tianjin Women's Normal, is taken in by Yuan Baofan, the town's governor, at the graduation ceremony, and takes Luo as her concubine. A famous Dan actor, Qiu Haitang, comes to Tianjin to perform, because of his brother Zhao Yukun's accident, he visits Yuan for help and meets Xiangqi, and they share the same feelings, so they make a promise to be together forever; after the incident is disclosed, Yuan destroys Qiu Haitang's face and imprisons Xiangqi y. After the incident was disclosed, Yuan destroyed Qiu Haitang's face and imprisoned Xiangqi. Qiu Haitang and Xiangqi's daughter, Mei Bao, lived in seclusion in a remote area. More than ten years later, Meibao grew up and started to learn Peking Opera from a teacher to make a living, but Qiu Haitang tried to stop her. After Qiu Haitang brought Meibao to Shanghai, Meibao was molested by scoundrels in a restaurant, but Luo Shaohua, a young man, came to his father's rescue and helped him with his money when he learned that his father was seriously ill. Before that, the warlords lost the war and Yuan Baofan collapsed, so Xiangqi was free. She visited Qiu Haitang but found nothing, and was summoned to Shanghai by her brother, Luo Yuhua. Luo Shaohua is the son of Xiangqi's brother, Yu Hua. Xiangqi is in love with Meibao and goes to a restaurant with Shaohua, so her mother and daughter are able to meet each other. At that time, Qiu Haitang was very sick and did not want to see Xiangqi again. When Xiangqi arrived, he had already jumped to his death. Adapted by Shao Bin Sun. Starring Shao Bin-Sun, Ling Ai-Zhen, Shin Ai-Qin and others. Wenbin Theatre Troupe premiered the play on June 8, 1942 at the Grand China Theatre. In 1956, it was performed at the Star Theater by the Qin Yi Shanghai Theater Troupe, adapted by Jin Ren, directed by Shang Zhou, starring Yang Feifei, Zhao Chunfang, and Ding Guobin. 1960, the Suzhou Shanghai Theater Troupe re-adapted the play, with changes to the first scene, "Tricked Into Marriage", the fifth scene, "The End of the World at Hand", and the final scene, "The Death of a Famous Artist". In 1960, it was performed by the Shanghai People's Shanghai Opera Troupe, adapted by Shao Binsun, Yao Shenghuang, Yang Wenlong, and Dai Junsheng, directed by Yang Wenlong and Li Tingkang, and starring Shao Binsun, Shi Shiaoying, Shia Aiqin, and Xia Fulin. The final scene of this adaptation is slightly the same as the Suzhou adaptation, i.e. Qiu Haitang jumps off a building and kills herself, but under the pseudonym Wu Sanxi, Qiu Haitang acts as a "somersaulting insect" on a stage in Shanghai and loses her hand on the stage, and when Xiangqi rushes to the stage, she is already dying, complaining about the brutal persecution of the society. Adapted by Yao Sheng Huang, directed by Wang Yu, starring Wang Huazhong, Li Jianhua, Hua Wen, Ni Xingjia and Wang Mingdao. This is one of the more frequently performed adaptations of Shanghai Opera.

The White-haired Girl

Modern drama. Adapted from the opera of the same name by He Jingzhi and Ding Yi. Synopsis: The basic plot of this play is the same as the opera "White-haired Girl", about the landlord Huang Shiren forced the death of poor farmers Yang Bailao, snatched Yang's daughter, Xi'er, Xi'er wait for a gap to escape into the mountains, hair white, and then joined the Eighth Route Army lover Dachun rescue, and finally liberated, the evil landlord Huang Shiren was finally punished severely story. Starring Ding Yi'e, Xie Hongyuan, Wang Yaqin, Xiao Shinoyuizhen, Jin Kengquan and Shi Chunxuan, the play was premiered in July 1949 by the Shang Yi, Wenbin and Shijia troupes at the Queen's Theatre and the Central Theatre, and then transplanted and adapted in the fall of 1951 by Wenmu, Yu Lintong, Li Zhiyan, Mokkai, Zhang Zhixing and Zhang Xingzhi for staging by the four troupes, namely, the Shang Yi, the Zhong Yi, the Ying Shijia, and the Yihua, simultaneously at the Guanghua, the Central, the Jiuxing, and the Xinguang Theatres. In June 1952, it was collectively adapted by the Creative Research Office of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture's Opera Improvement Department, written by Li Zhiyan, Mo Kai, and Lan Liu, directed by Mo Kai and Lan Liu, and starring Shiau Aiqin, Xie Hongyuan, Ding Ye'e, Shi Shiaoying, Li Tingkang, Yu Lintong, and Xia Fulin, with music composed by Dong Yuan and Liu Ruizeng, and choreographed by Zhang Jian'an. The Shanghai Shanghai Opera Troupe, a merger of Shanghai Arts and China Arts, performed at the First National Opera Observation and Performance Conference, winning the Second Prize for Performance, and the Second Prize for Actors, with the rewriting of "Forced to Strike the Handprints" by Chen Jianyun at the Shanghai Youth Festival in 1959, with the director Yang Wenlong, and the main cast of Xu Gaohua and Shen Renwei winning the Young Actor's Award, the Young Director's Award for Yang Wenlong, and the Young Scriptwriter's Award for Chen Jianyun. In addition, the Red Flag Shanghai Opera Troupe also performed this play in the suburbs at the beginning of the liberation.

The Great Thunderstorm

Synopsis: In the 1920s, Mrs. Ma, who was widowed at an early age in a scholarly family in the south of the Yangtze River, painstakingly raised her son, Huiqing, and her daughter, Huimin, and married her daughter-in-law, Liu Ruolan; Mrs. Ma is worried that her son has forgotten his mother after marrying her daughter-in-law, and she is especially distressed that her daughter has been affected by the new ideology and has a rebellious attitude. Huiqing is a coward by nature, but he loves his wife and is filial to his mother. One day, Mrs. Ma saw Ruolan's cousin Liang Shiyin visiting her and thought that she was corrupting the Ma family, and listened to her nephew's slanderous rumors, so she banished Ruolan to her mother's home. When Ruolan returns to her mother's home, she still thinks that her husband will come to fetch her back; Liang Shiyin, with whom she was once in love, asks her to go with him, but she refuses. When the news comes that Ma Huiqing will be ordered by her mother to marry another man, Ruolan remains faithful to her husband until Huimin confirms it, and is disappointed. Although her husband comes to explain to her, it is difficult to heal her trauma. The embarrassment and insults she received from Ma's mother were too much for her to bear, and she went out of the house like a madwoman, ending her life in a thunderstorm. Hui-Qing is no longer at a loss after the stimulus and finally chooses her own path, while Hui-Min also leaves home in pursuit of her ideal new life. The play is based on Wu Chen's playbook "Cold Night Song", adapted by Mo Kai and Li Zhiyan, directed by Mo Kai, composed by Fan Peilan, and choreographed by Zeng Guobiao. The main actors were Shi Xiaoying, Shao Binsun, Shin Aiqin, Ding Wan'e, Shen Manmin, Li Tingkang, Xia Fulin, Shin Caixia, and Shin Huiqin, and the main actors were Shi Xiaoying, Shao Binsun, Shin Aiqin, Ding Wan'e, Shen Manmin, Li Tingkang, Xia Fulin, Shin Caixia, and Shin Huiqin, and the main actors were Shi Xiaoying, Shao Binsun, Shin Aiqin. In August 1957, the Shanghai Culture Publishing House published a one-volume adaptation by Mo Kai and Li Zhiyan. 1979 and 1981, it was rearranged and adapted by Yao Sheng Huang, with director Wang Yu, composer Xi Genghu, and choreographer Jiang Yunfeng. Main cast Zhu Huiqin, Xu Botao, Shi Shiaoying, Shen Renwei, Wang Shanmei.In April 1991 went to Hong Kong to perform excerpts of the show, starring Mao Shanyu and Sun Xuchun.

Mrs. Butterfly

Synopsis: At the end of the 19th century, Butterfly, a Japanese geisha in Nagasaki, who yearns for a free and happy life, is bewitched by Pinkerton, an officer of a U.S. Naval gunboat, and marries Pinkerton in secret in spite of her family's resistance. Half a month later, Pinkerton was ordered to return home, the two then promised to meet again next year when the swallows make their nests. Unexpectedly, Pingke went for five years, no news, butterfly alone undergo all aspects of life torment, and carefully raise the children left behind by Pingke, but Pingke has long forgotten her. One day, Pinker's gunboat comes to Nagasaki again, and Butterfly thinks that Pinker can come back to her, but Pinker, who is negative about his love, comes to spend his honeymoon with his new American wife. When he learns that Butterfly is still waiting for him, he authorizes the American consul to demand Butterfly's child and escapes in a mess. Butterfly was so shocked that she woke up from her dream and committed hara-kiri in front of the cruel reality with the dagger left by her father. Based on the American movie of the same name. Adapted by Hsunzi Zhang and Wen Mu, with lyrics by Hongwei Qiao, directed by Qi Zhou, music by Xiangcun, choreography by Jianan Zhang, and main casts of Ding Yi'e and Xie Hongyuan. The performance is in the form of a Chineseization of a foreign play (but the heroine Die Zi is still in Japanese costume). The plot was slightly different from the original, and the theme was changed to anti-feudalism, which was premiered by the Shanghai Arts Shanghai Theatre Troupe at the Paris Grand Théatre on December 21, 1950, and in 1962, the Shanghai People's Shanghai Theatre Troupe rearranged the play according to Puccini's original, and performed it in a foreign costume. Adapted by Lan Liu and Chen Jianyun, directed by Zhu Duanjun, assistant directors Lan Liu and Wang Xingren, arranger Liu Ruzeng, choreographer Sun Haoran, and stylist Chen Shaozhou. Starring Ding Yee E, Xie Hong Yuan, Shiao Hui Qin, Li Ting Kang, Gu Li Qun. Premiered at the Maggie's Theater. The original opera was mainly sung, with fewer dramatic episodes. In addition to retaining the famous operatic refrain "On That Sunny Day", the adaptation enriched several details according to the characteristics of Shanghai opera, adding a touching tragic color to the performance.