1980年在上海戏剧学院读书的时候,我就“认识”了尤金·奥尼尔。他的几部主要作品《安娜·克里斯蒂》、《天边外》、《素娥怨》(即《悲悼》)也读过、看过、听过老师的分析论述,当时不过在脑子里留下了一点印象。 今年5月,广东省剧协通知我参加剧作家读书班并参加第七届全国尤金·奥尼尔学术研讨会,接到通知的时候我竟一时想不起来,奥尼尔究竟是谁?写过什么大戏?脑子里一片空白。我只好翻寻尘封了的学习资料,才追回一点逝去的记忆。 奥尼尔是二十世纪上半叶的美国剧作家,不仅距我们时 When I was studying at the Shanghai Theater Academy in 1980, I “met” Eugene O’Neill. Some of his major works, “Anna Christie”, “Outside the Sky,” “Prime E” (ie, “Mourning”) have also read, seen and heard the teacher’s analysis and discussion, but then left in my mind A little impression. In May of this year, the Guangdong Provincial Drama Association informed me to join the Playwright’s Reading Class and participate in the Seventh National Eugene O’Neill Symposium. When I received the notice, I could not recall the moment. Who did O’Neill write? A blank mind. I had to search for dusty learning materials, only to recover a little memory of the passing away. O’Neal was an American playwright in the first half of the twentieth century, not only from us