田汉致梅兰芳两封信的发现及交游考述

The Discovery of TIAN Han’s Two Letters to MEI Lanfang and the Study of Their Contacts

20世纪文坛,梅兰芳与田汉无疑是两位重量级人物,新中国成立后他们又都齐聚北京,在新政权下工作,彼此来往和工作交集甚多。《田汉全集》收录有田汉致梅兰芳的一封书信,梅兰芳纪念馆又发现、保存有两封田汉致梅兰芳的信件。考释其时间、内容,无疑可以看到田汉与梅兰芳之间更多的联系和交往,展现两人在新中国成立之初积极投入戏曲事业的风姿风采,也留下一个时代戏曲人上下求索的精神印迹。

MEI Lanfang and TIAN Han are undoubtedly two important masters in the 20 th century Chinese art world.After the founding of the People’s Republic of China,they both worked in Beijing and had lots of official and personal contacts.There is a letter from TIAN Han to MEI Lanfang collected in The Complete Works of TIAN Han,and two other letters from TIAN to MEI have been found by and kept in the Memorial Museum of MEI Lanfang.A close study of the time and contents of the two letters surely make us see more information about the contacts between them two,which shows both their devotion to Xiqu after the founding of new China and the footprint of a generation of Xiqu artists seeking for development.