曾经被“四人帮”扼杀的优秀喜剧《布谷鸟又叫了》已经平反,现在“又叫了”。我们为此发表曾经受“四人帮”残酷迫害的《布》剧作者杨履方同志的文章、陈恭敏同志的《一封未能发表的公开信》和饰演“布谷鸟”的演员谢德辉同志的文章。陈恭敏同志当时为了正确评价《布》剧而与当时文艺界人人憎恶的棍子——姚文元展开过针锋相对的斗争。这些文章的发表,将使广大读者对当时这场斗争的来龙去脉增进了解。回顾过去,是为了面向现实并展望未来。粉碎“四人帮”后,经过两年多扭转乾坤的惊心动魄的斗争,在戏剧创作和理论上,开始澄清了一些理论是非和思想是非,但也应该清醒地看到,在文艺、戏剧界,对于贯彻党的“百花齐放、百家争鸣”方针,发扬艺术民主,改进领导作风等方面还存在不少问题,对于在新形势下如何学习、理解和发展马克思、列宁、毛泽东的文艺理论,还有待深入。杨履方、陈恭敏、谢德辉等同志的文章,是今天批判“四人帮”的檄文,其中提到有关批评家和剧作家之间的关系,严格区分和正确对待政治与艺术问题,正确评价戏剧作品和剧作者,对于今天文艺界广开言路、广开戏路、广开思路,正常开展艺术上的批评与自我批评,防止因戏废人,因人废戏等简单粗暴做法,仍然很有现实意义。 Once again, the excellent comedy “cuckoo called” which had been strangled by the “Gang of Four” has been rehabilitated and is now “screaming again.” To this end, we have published an article by Comrade Yang Fong-fang, the dramatist of “cloth”, who was brutally persecuted by the “Gang of Four,” Comrade Chen Gongmin’s “Unpublished Open Letter” and actress Xie Dehui, actor of “Cuckoo”. At that time, Comrade Chen Gongmin started a tit-for-tat struggle against Yao Wenyuan, a stick that was abominable to all people in the literary and art circles in order to correctly appraise the “cloth” drama. The publication of these articles will enable readers to gain an understanding of the ins and outs of the struggle at that time. Looking back, it is for the sake of reality and looking forward to the future. After the smashing of the “gang of four,” after more than two years of struggling to turn things around, we began to clarify some theories of right and wrong and ideological right and wrong in drama creation and theory. However, we should clearly see that in literary and theater circles, There are still many problems in promoting the democratic principle of art and improving the style of leadership. It is yet to be further discussed how to study, understand and develop the literary theory of Marx, Lenin and Mao Zedong under the new situation. The articles by Comrades Yang, Fangyuan and Chen Dehui are today’s criticisms of the “Gang of Four,” which refer to the relations between critics and playwrights, strictly distinguishing and correctly treating political and artistic issues and correctly evaluating drama works and dramatists , It is still of great realistic significance for the literary and art circles today to open their minds to the road, to widen the scope of their play, to open up new ideas and to conducting normal arts criticism and self-criticism so as to prevent such simple and crude practices as acting in ruin and absconding with others.