我去年听了夏衍同志在北京电影学院为导演系讲授的五次剧作课,夏衍同志讲得质朴亲切,深入浅出,风趣横生。听后我们都希望夏衍同志把讲稿整理出版。这个愿望现在实现了。中国电影出版社即将出版的《写电影剧本的几个问题》一书,就是那次讲课的全部讲稿。远在1932年,夏衍同志就接受了党的委托,进入了旧中国的电影界。在接受任务时,瞿秋白同志曾对他和另外几位同志说:“你们是第一批打进电影界去的共产 Last year I listened to Comrade Xia Yan’s five drama lessons taught at the Beijing Film Academy as a director’s department. Comrade Xia Yan made a simple and amusing speech in simple terms. After listening, we all hope that Comrade Xia Yan organizes the speech for publication. This wish is now achieved. The forthcoming publication of “Several Issues in Writing Screenplay” by China Film Press is a full lecture on that lecture. As far back as 1932, Comrade Xia Yan accepted the party’s commission and entered the old Chinese movie industry. In accepting the task, Comrade Qu Qiubai once told him and several other comrades: "You are the first communists to go into the film industry