What are the famous theatrical sayings?

From ancient times to the present, the purpose of acting is like holding up a mirror to show human nature: let virtue show its true colors, let ugliness show its true colors, and various times appear before our eyes. Shakespeare: Hamlet

We can call drama a radical art, just as fiction is a progressive art.

Drama should be a condensed mirror, which not only does not weaken the original color and luster, but also condenses and condenses them, turning twilight into light and light into fire. Hugo: Preface of Cromwell.

Drama presents complete events to readers or audiences as if they were happening. Belinsky: Classification of Poetry.

Drama reconciles epic and lyric poetry, which is neither the former nor the latter, but a special organic whole. Belinsky: Classification of Poetry.

Drama expresses the conflict of will between people in front of the audience with objective action and perceptual rather than rational power. Hamilton: On Artistic Features

Drama is the performance of a person or a group, which stimulates the audience's emotional response to the author's intention and required weight. Baker: dramatic skills

This kind of performance with painful and happy humanity and limbs is called drama. Brahmapuni: On Dance.

Modern drama is an art composed of literature, music, painting, sculpture, architecture and dance. [Middle] Xiong Foxi: "On Fossey's Drama"

Drama art is the whole of universal or local, eternal or temporary established things. With these things, people can express human life on the stage and give the audience an illusion about reality [France]. Sasha: a preliminary study of drama aesthetics.

Drama, for writers, is the art of language [for directors, it is the art of action. Jiao Juyin: Jiao Juyin's Drama Review.

Performance is the art of learning what has happened or may happen in life for everyone to see. This is drama. [Middle] Zhang Gansheng: The Artistic Principles of China Opera

The essence of drama art is different, really the same. Pushkin: On People's Drama and Script

The speed and rhythm of scripts and performances are not a single thing, but a huge whole composed of various speeds and rhythms in a complex and harmonious way. [Su] stanislavski: Self-cultivation of actors.

The most important essence of all dramatic arts is its hypothetical essence. [Su]: The hypothetical nature of drama.

The ultraviolet rays of the theme in the play are invisible, and they penetrate into the audience's body without the audience realizing it. [Su]: "Conversation with"

Dramatic plot, this is a series of reasonable accidents. [Su]: Dialogue with? Others "

There are eight flavors in drama: pornography, comity, sympathy, violence, courage, terror, disgust and strangeness. Brahmapuni: On Dance.

Drama is the art with the least freedom and the most bondage among various art forms. Xia Yan: Answer the question about adaptation.

Novel is an art to stimulate imagination; And drama is the art of arousing feelings. Jiao Juyin: Jiao Juyin's Drama Review.

Tragedy is an imitation of a serious, complete and long action. Aristotle: [Ancient Greece] Poetics

Plot is the basis of tragedy and has the soul of tragedy; "Personality" takes the second place. Aristotle: [Ancient Greece] Poetics

Tragedy can be thrilling, mainly relying on "sharp turn" and "discovery", which are the elements of the plot. Aristotle: [Ancient Greece] Poetics

The action of tragic imitation should not only be complete, but also cause fear and pity. Aristotle: [Ancient Greece] Poetics

The purpose of tragedy is far more philosophical than the purpose of history. Lessing: Hamburg Drama Review

The real content of tragic action is provided by some substantial and reasonable force existing in people's wishes. These forces determine the various purposes pursued by tragic characters. Hegel: Aesthetics

The essence of tragedy ... lies in conflict. That is, the conflict and struggle between the natural desire and moral responsibility in human heart or just an insurmountable obstacle. Belinsky: Classification of Poetry.

The content of tragedy is a world of great moral phenomena, and its protagonist is a personality full of ontological power of human spiritual nature. Belinsky: Classification of Poetry.

Comedy shows the energetic rhythm of self-protection, while tragedy shows the energetic rhythm of self-completion. Susan. Langer: Emotion and Form

Tragedy shows the consciousness of life and death. It must make life appear valuable, rich and wonderful, and death must be awe-inspiring. Susan. Langer: the rhythm of tragedy

Comedy always imitates people who are worse than us today, and tragedy always imitates people who are better than us today. Aristotle: [Ancient Greece] Poetics

Comedy is an imitation of the bad guys. However, "bad" does not mean all evil, but ugly, and one of them is funny. Aristotle: [Ancient Greece] Poetics

Comedy is to improve everything with laughter, not ridicule. Lessing: Hamburg Drama Review

The real universal function of comedy lies in laughter itself and in training our talent for finding interesting things. Lessing: Hamburg Drama Review

In comedy, the subjectivity of infinite self-confidence prevails. Hegel: Aesthetics

The essence of comedy is the contradiction between the phenomenon of life and the essence and mission of life. Belinsky: Classification of Poetry.

The content of comedy is an accidental event that lacks reasonable inevitability, a world of subjective fantasy or a real world that seems to exist but does not exist. Belinsky: Classification of Poetry.

In all kinds of arts, humor occupies its place; But in comedy, it is the real master. Susan. Langer: Emotion and Form

Humor is the glory of drama and the sudden strengthening of the rhythm of life. Susan. Langer: Emotion and Form

Humor is not the essence of comedy, but one of the most useful and natural factors in comedy. Susan. Langer: Emotion and Form

Ridiculous is not what the ridiculous plot just shows us, but its performance in the play. Susan. Langer: Emotion and Form

China opera has three characteristics in terms of artistic form and expression; First, stylization; Second, virtualization; Third, the rhythm. Jiao Juyin: Jiao Juyin's Drama Review.

This stylized action of Chinese opera still comes from life. But later, after processing, beautification and dancing, there was a rhythm. Jiao Juyin: Jiao Juyin's Drama Review.

The performance characteristics of China's traditional operas are as follows: a special drama performance method is formed through singing, doing, reading and acting by using the method of dividing the stage and making a virtual stage. [Chinese] A Jia: Drama Performance Collection

In the performance of China traditional opera, it is not too simple to pay attention to omissions, and the focus is not too complicated. [Chinese] A Jia: Drama Performance Collection

First, we should train the actors' basic postures, even the basic expressions and language forms, and then we should go deep into the role experience ... This is a special experience method of China opera performance art. [Chinese] A Jia: Drama Performance Collection

When traditional operas express present life, the characteristics of traditional forms will inevitably change. The particularity of any art form depends not only on special artistic means, but also on life. [Chinese] A Jia: Drama Performance Collection

The attitude of China's opera is to frankly admit that he is acting, and honestly admit that acting is an artistic simulation of life, not life itself. [Middle] Zhang Gansheng: The Artistic Principles of China Opera

Stylization is the most ideal art form of China traditional opera. [Middle] Zhang Gansheng: The Artistic Principles of China Opera

Drama is the virtual life. [Middle] Zhang Gansheng: The Artistic Principles of China Opera

What we hope to get from the script is a picture of the will working towards a goal and showing the methods adopted in the ordinary drama or burlesque drama. Brent: The Law of Drama

Drama needs action, the protagonist's initiative, strong feelings, quick feelings, concise and distinctive words. [Su] Gorky: "Drama Group for the Grand Theatre"

The basic feature of drama is social conflict, in which conscious will plays a role. Lawson: Theory and Technology of Drama and Film

"Emotional communication" is the formula of all good plays. Baker: dramatic skills

The way of drama is to show the truth, but it is expensive to use. [Middle] Wang Jide: "Flexibility? essay

The actor is unreal, and the viewer's spirit is not moving; However, if the author is untrue, the spirit of the actor is also invalid. Yuan Yuling: Incense burning sequence.

The beauty of acting a new play is that you haven't heard or seen it. [middle] Li Yu: "Is Li Weng going to China? Grow old and new. "

The beauty of songs is nothing else, but they are all three words, which can impress people. [middle] Huang: "Make Yu"

He is definitely not a singer, but it's all in four words, saying "appreciation for elegance and vulgarity". [middle] Huang: "Make Yu"

True, so make up for weathering; Interesting, so look and listen; And its only purpose lies in the word "beauty". [Middle] Wu Mei: "On the Introduction to Drama"

It depends on the director's ability to deal with limited stage space and time into infinity. But it is a writer's talent to write complete characters and the meaning of life under the constraints of space and time. Jiao Juyin: Jiao Juyin's Drama Review.

Screenwriters have to write action lines, and directors can dig out the stage movements of many characters from such lines. Jiao Juyin: Jiao Juyin's Drama Review.

There are two ways to write a script: one is to describe the plot from the perspective of portraying characters; The other is to portray the characters from the conception of the plot. Jiao Juyin: Jiao Juyin's Drama Review.

The work of a director is also a creative work. This kind of creation, in art, is called "the art of second creation". Jiao Juyin: Jiao Juyin's Drama Review.

To be a good director, you must have the talent of an actor. [Su] stanislavski: My artistic life

What we need are directors-psychologists, directors-screenwriters and directors-actors. [Su] stanislavski: The Complete Works of stanislavski

The director can't do it, so he has to let nature take its course. [Su] stanislavski: The Complete Works of stanislavski

An excellent director has the qualities of a playwright. [Su]: "Conversation with"

Rhythm talent is one of the most important talents of directors. [Su]: "Conversation with"

If I can learn the rules of structural painting, music and novels, I won't be powerless in artistic direction [Su].

The artistry of the performance is the symbol of the director's literary accomplishment, especially literary accomplishment. Jiao Juyin: Jiao Juyin's Drama Review.

The director should be a mirror first, and all the inner activities of the actors are reflected and existed in the mirror. Jiao Juyin: Jiao Juyin's Drama Review.

The director's creativity is the center of an organized collective creation. Jiao Juyin: Jiao Juyin's Drama Review.