Teahouse style: drama

Teahouse is a drama written by the modern writer Lao She on 1956. Published in1the first issue of Harvest magazine edited by Ba Jin in early July, 957. June 1958 was published by China Drama Publishing House. The play shows the social changes in the past half century in three periods: the Reform Movement of 1898, the warlord scuffle and the eve of the founding of New China. Through a teahouse called Yutai, it reveals the dark, corrupt and bizarre society in China for nearly half a century and all the people in this society.

There are nearly 50 characters in the script, besides the teahouse owner, there are also banners who eat the imperial grain, capitalists who run industries, eunuchs among honest officials, priests who believe in foreign religions, poor farmers, spies, thugs, policemen, hooligans, fortune tellers and so on. There are many people, but their personalities are distinct. They can "recognize people by their voices" and "outline a character image in a few words". Through the dismal management of the ancestral Yutai teahouse by Wang Lifa, the owner of the teahouse, the works describe that although he is shrewd and smooth, he can't stop the decline, which reflects the social trend of China from the side. His plays have been staged many times at home and abroad and won high praise. They are the classics of China's contemporary drama creation. [ 1]

2065438+From February 23rd to March 5th, 2009, Beijing Renyi once again staged the drama Teahouse in the Capital Theatre.