The new editor is not a nonsense, and the creation is not a blind writing
Recently, I watched the beijing opera "Chang'e Running Moon", a newly arranged Peking opera re-arranged by the Beijing Opera House, and I couldn't help but feel inspired, and I wrote this article to talk about my views on the new drama.
(Stills of "Chang'e Running Moon", Xiao Di played Chang'e)
The story of Chang'e running to the moon is very familiar to everyone, and the elixir of immortality obtained by Houyi was swallowed by his wife Chang'e after being drunk, and Houyi was furious. Chang'e fled into the Moon Palace, and the Queen Mother ordered her to take charge of the Guanghan Palace. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chang'e and the immortals feasted in the palace. Mr. Mei and his friend Mr. Qi Rushan compiled and arranged this "Chang'e Running Moon" based on the stories recorded in ancient books, which was the Mid-Autumn Festival of 1915, and Mr. Mei used this play to meet the scene and won the praise of a large number of opera fans and opera practitioners.
(Mei Lanfang's "Chang'e Running Moon" stills)
Judging from Mr. Mei's successful experience, the new screenwriter can achieve the following points: good ideas, dedication to creation, and actors who stand alone.
The first is a good idea, popularly speaking, it is a script or other literary and artistic form that can attract everyone's attention. A play, from the fundamental plot and character relationship can not stand or be blamed, then who will go to see this play? So how to find such creative inspiration, naturally from various novels or biographies, as well as ancient books. For example, Qi Pai has created and rehearsed the entire drama "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness", "Xue Gang Anti-Tang", "Ji Gong Biography", "Chu-Han Rivalry", Mr. Mei Lanfang has created and rehearsed "Dai Yu Funeral Flower", "A Thousand Golden Smiles", "Junxingren", "Costume New Drama", "Heavenly Girl Scattered Flowers", "Magu Xianshou", "Lady Shangyuan", "Luoshen", "Overlord Farewell", "Red Line Thief Box", "Lian Jinfeng", four "Taizhen Wai Biography", two "Xi Shi", "Mulan Conscription", "Mu Guiying Hanging Commander" and many other new plays. Some of these plays are often performed on the stage, and some do not often appear on the stage, but in general, these plays have more or less left memories for fans and friends. However, some of the new dramas now, the plot is not fascinating, or even made up haphazardly, and the thought is laughable.
(Mei Lanfang's "Heavenly Girl Scattered Flowers" stills)
The second is the creation of the whole body, with a good text to consider how to design the singing voice and lyrics, the emergence of a good play and the singing voice and lyrics are inseparable. However, the lyrics of some new plays are not only not elegant and popular, but even can be said to be unbearable. Take the new drama "Bead Curtain Show" as an example, such as what "the emperor is not bigger than me, only because I am his mother", "a handful of snot and a handful of tears, both refreshing and relieving fatigue", like such tiger and wolf words, how can the audience like it?
(Stills of Tianjin Youth Peking Opera Troupe's newly edited play "Bead Curtain Show")
The last is the actor, although it seems to be the last, but it is actually the most important. As the saying goes, the actor's stage performance is enough to erase all the problems in front of it, but everyone praises this play. But most of the new dramas but now are due to schedule arrangements or other reasons, or the main actors are fixed in a large number of short periods of time, or young actors are fully accepted, how can this get good results?