如果把曹禺于1925年加入南开新剧团作为他戏剧活动的起点,那么,到现在已经有六十年的历史了。在漫长的岁月中,他对中国新兴的话剧事业的贡献是多方面的,而最伟大的贡献则是他的戏剧创作。他不愧是一位杰出的戏剧诗人。我们称他是杰出的戏剧诗人,这不仅因为他的全部剧作表现出他戏剧诗人的风格特色,还在于他的剧作体现出中国话剧创作发展中的一种现代的创新的戏剧美学观念。 If Cao Yu joined the Nankai Theater Company in 1925 as the starting point for his dramatic activities, it has been 60 years since then. In a long time, his contribution to China’s emerging drama career is manifold, and his greatest contribution is his dramatic creation. He deserves to be an outstanding drama poet. We call him an outstanding drama poet, not only because his entire play shows his style of play poets, but also because his plays reflect a modern and innovative aesthetics of drama in the development of Chinese drama.