Ｔ he World of Chinese Opera

----Script and Plot

presented by Ginger Chou 935202

Yan-Ru Chen 935205

Oct.20 /2004

Traditional Beijing Opera Scrip

◎ Introduction ----evolved from other regional operas

Examples

捉放曹

External forms 本戲 : also 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