当下中国戏剧正处于一个相对困顿的境况之中,这在戏剧界早已成为共识。个中缘由当然十分复杂,社会转型期文化环境的变迁、多样化大众娱乐的兴起、观众审美趣味的变化,等等,都在某种程度上造成了戏剧观众的流失。不过观众的流失和剧场的冷清只是戏剧困顿的表象,究其根源,其实是由于戏剧创作的低迷。当戏剧家无法以真正的精品佳作震撼我们的灵魂,当剧场满足于干巴巴的意识形态灌输或肤浅庸俗的声色之娱,还有多少人心甘情愿地买票看戏呢?宣教与媚俗,正是当 The current Chinese drama is in a state of relative hardship, which has long been a consensus in the theater. Of course, the reason is very complex. The change of cultural environment during the social transition, the rise of diversified mass entertainment, the change of aesthetic taste of audience, and so on, all contributed to the loss of drama audience to a certain extent. However, the loss of the audience and the theater of the deserted only the appearance of drama, its roots, in fact, is due to the downturn in drama creation. When the dramatists can not shake our souls with real masterpieces of good works, how many people are willing to buy tickets for watching movies when the theater is content with the dry, infamous ideology or superficial vulgarity? when