表演“中国”:美国舞台上的中国戏剧及其影响

Performing "China": Chinese Theatre on American Stage and its Influence

中国戏剧最初是和19世纪中期的华工一起登陆美国的,作为一种社区文化活动,其基本功能在于缓解乡愁和族群认同,但它们在客观上促成了最初的中美戏剧交流。美国华人社区的戏剧活动的波及面虽然极为有限,但让美国人看到了真正的中国戏剧。这些早期的中国戏剧表演,为出现在美国舞台上借鉴戏曲手法的实验戏剧的形成提供了重要的灵感。

The primary function of Chinese theatre on American stage with Chinese workers in the middle of the 19th century as a kind of community activity is remission of homesickness and identification of nationality,but it brings out the Sino-American theatre exchange objectively.The scope involved of Chinese communities in America is very limited,but they give the American real Chinese theatre.These early performances of Chinese theatre provide important inspirations to American experimented theatre which benefits from Chinese traditional opera.