Ｔ he World of Chinese Opera ----Script and Plot presented by Ginger Chou Yan-Ru Chen Oct.20 /2004
Traditional Beijing Opera Scrip ◎ Introduction ----evolved from other regional operas
Examples 捉放曹
External forms 本戲 : a lso known as 大戲, descends from “ 軸子 ” 折子戲 : also called 單齣 小戲 : brief in time and simple in plot 連台本戲 : synonymous with 全本新戲 or 長本大戲, the story is lengthy, plot sophisticated, and characters abundant
Content 文戲 (civil plays) 武戲 (military plays) 遇皇后打龍袍 挑滑車
Style 蘇小妹 孔雀東南飛 comedy tragedy
farce skit 打灶王 三不願意
Period of Reformation ◎ Introduction --- westernization
Subject and Example Subject : contemporary events Examples: 潘烈士投海 黑籍冤魂
May Forth Movement ◎ Introduction --the idea of social function
two main categories of the script the created ones the revised ones 嫦娥奔月 李三娘
representation of the play and its theme of the content ---reflect the realistic lives of the public 抗金兵 by 梅蘭芳
一縷麻 by 梅蘭芳
宇宙鋒 by 梅蘭芳
1. The scholars and the performers cooperated complementarily to write the scripts 2. The descriptions of the characters’ actions were more emphasized to reinforce the stage performances. Artistic characteristics of the relationship between the representation of the play and the scripts
Nowadays and Conclusion foundation of performance lies in scripts