田汉如何把话剧的思想性和艺术性提得更高,来适应当前更大的大跃进的需要,问题已经显得很迫切了。为了展开这方面的讨论,上月28日,已经开了一次会。一方面,是戏剧界自己有这种要求;另一方面,是党关心话剧,一定要把它发展到应有的高度。周扬同志不只一次地说要提倡话剧,认为话剧在表现当前现实生活方面有它的优越性,而眼前还存在很多缺点。上次会上夏衍同志提到,不但是艺术性方面,就是剧本的思想性方面,也存在问题。这很值得我们话剧界深刻检查和加紧努力。上次会后已经引起了各方面的注意,甚 How Tian Han raised the ideological and artistic qualities of drama to meet the needs of the larger Great Leap Forward now has become very urgent. In order to start the discussion in this respect, we met on the 28th of last month. On the one hand, the theater itself has such demands; on the other hand, it is the party that cares about drama and must develop it to the height it deserves. Comrade Zhou Yang said more than once that he wants to promote drama. He believes that drama has its superiority in representing the present real life, but there are still many shortcomings in front of him. Comrade Xia Yan mentioned at the last meeting that there are problems both in the artistic aspect and in the ideological aspects of the script. This is worth our deep inspection and intensification of the drama industry. The last meeting has drawn the attention of all quarters