"Sunrise" is a 1935 drama created by Mr. Cao Yu, which is his second play, set in the life of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal Chinese metropolis in the early 1930s, and narrates the story of chen Bailu, a social flower, which occupies a leading position in Cao Yu's plays with distinct contemporary and profound historical content. The work was repeatedly adapted to the drama stage, and in 1937, the Chinese traveling theater troupe premiered, and Tang Ruoqing became the first Chen Bailu on the drama stage. Later, Fengzi, Bai Yang, Yang Wei, Yan Meiyi, Yan Minqiu and many other performance artists have played this role. In 1956, the North Film Actors Troupe rehearsed "Sunrise", playing Chen Bailu as Mang Yiping, due to its age, not many audiences knew about this version. In 1979, while the north film actor troupe was nervous about film production, it decided to put "Sunrise" on the stage again, so that the troupe actors had more opportunities for artistic practice. This time as the lead actor is Xie Fang, Xie Fang has always had a deep affection for the role of Chen Bailu, in the face of the advent of opportunities, she paid a lot, when she had to play a madman in "Tear Stains", and at the same time she also had to perform the social flower Chen Bailu in the drama "Sunrise" in the troupe, the role needed to wear four-inch high heels and smoke. And she is a tracheitis, do not dare to smoke at all, suck the cigarette into the mouth and smother there, do not go in, but also have to spit out the line, this year she spent in the busy.
This version of "Sunrise" of Beiying, with the original drama to maintain a hold, is also four acts, by the old director Ba Hong and actor Wang Renmei co-directed, all the roles are divided into A, B corner, so that the actor is divided into two groups, Chen Bailu played a role of B, the selected actor is Cao Cuifen, all the B corners are as substitutes and temporary on the scene, so the audience sees more A corner actors. Later, a small number of roles added C corners, because the B role actors have shooting tasks and can not continue to stage, the following we through this performance program list, the main actors of the play are some who?
At that time, the young actors of the North Film Actors Troupe had just joined the troupe, such a major performance, the main role was still played by middle-aged actors with more mature acting skills, such as Xie Fang was 44 years old at the time, and his figure had also been blessed, playing a social flower who was in his youth was obviously not enough, but at that time, in order to let these actors of this generation who were delayed by the Cultural Revolution recover their state as soon as possible and create brilliance, they still let them perform, fortunately, the drama is more about watching the performance, which also makes up for the lack of other aspects. Fang Dasheng's actors are not young, they are Shao Wanlin and Fu Zucheng, Shao has cooperated with Xie Fang in "Tear Stains", which is a reverse angle, but in "Sunrise" it is a couple relationship, this role conversion is indeed fast enough.
This is Chen Bailu and the little things (played by Li Xiuming)
Some people may wonder, on this performance list, the actors of the small things are not Liu Guoquan and Cai Ming? How to emerge a Li Xiuming, in fact, Li Xiuming is the A corner of this role, Cai Ming was later added, because this performance list was printed later, so there is no appearance of Li's name. Perhaps everyone does not know that Shen Guanchu also participated in the play, is the B corner of the role of Fang Dasheng, and his name does not appear on the performance list. Cuixi should be a young woman-type prostitute in the play, and the actors who can be selected are very old. There are several actors who are still good, like Ling Yuan's Gu Ba's grandmother, Mrs. Li's Yuan Mei, Hei San's labor, and Han Tingqi's Hu Si are all in line with the role positioning.
This version of the drama was performed on a small scale in Beijing, Tianjin and other places, and later it was also broadcast on television, and many film friends watched it, and there are still impressions. In 1982, the China Drama Publishing House published the play in the form of a comic strip (see Figure 1), which further expanded its influence.
Group photo of the main characters in the play, zhang george (Jiang Gengchen) in the front row, Grandma Gu Ba (Wu Suqin), Fang Dasheng (Fu Zucheng), Cui Xi (Qi Li), xiao dong (Cai Ming) in the back row from left
This version of the performance has also been supported by many seniors in the art world, after the performance in Tianjin, Cheng Yin, then the president of the Beijing Film Academy, stepped onto the stage and took a group photo with all the main creators, on this picture, we can see: from the left Shi Wash (as Huang Shengsan), Huang Suying (as Cuixi), Jiang Gengchen (as Zhang George), Cai Ming (as Xiao dong), Fu Zucheng (as Fang Dasheng), Xie Fang (as Chen Bailu), Zhang Yan (as Pan Yueting), Wu Suqin (as Gu Ba's grandmother), Li Tang (as Hu Si), Fang Hui (as Wang Fusheng) , Feng Shun (as Xiao Shunzi), and director Wang Renmei in the middle. Other characters who have not been recognized, welcome to add messages from film friends. This article thanks to the veteran film friend "Ning Meng" for providing pictures and helping to identify.
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