中西戏剧交流史上,在众多西方剧作家中最值得回味和思考的应当是布莱希特。易卜生对中国话剧的影响是巨大深远的,促进了中国话剧的建立和现实主义主流的形成。但“易卜生现象”只是单向影响,而“布莱希特现象”才是双向交流。中西戏剧交流史是中西两种戏剧因素不断碰撞、在碰撞中不断融合的历史。二十世纪二、三十年代在中西戏剧大碰撞中,布氏将中国戏曲的“叙述性”因素引入西方戏剧,创建了叙述体戏剧;五十年代末、特别是改革开放以来,在中西戏剧的再次碰撞中,中国戏剧吸收布氏的戏剧因素,更新和发展 In the history of the exchange of Chinese and Western drama, Brecht should be the most memorable and thought-provoking one among many Western dramatists. Ibsen’s influence on Chinese drama is tremendous and far-reaching, promoting the establishment of Chinese drama and the formation of the mainstream of realism. But “Ibsen ’s phenomenon ” is only a one-way influence, and “Brecht phenomenon ” is a two-way exchange. The history of the exchange of Chinese and western drama is the history of the continuous collision between Chinese and Western theater factors in the collision. In the 1920s and 1930s, during the big collision between Chinese and Western plays, Briggs introduced the “narrative” factors of Chinese opera into Western drama and created narrative and dramatic plays. Since the late 1950s, especially since the reform and opening up, During the clashes between Chinese and Western plays, Chinese drama absorbs Brigham’s drama, renews and develops