摘要
BEIJING People’s Art Thea-ter is housed in a palace-like structure at the northernend of Wangfujing street,an oldshopping area in the capital city.Inits courtyard are the busts of Cao Yuand Jiao Juyin,both famous Chinesedramatists.When new China wasfounded in 1949,a group of talentedChinese actors and dramatists gath-ered there to start a new type ofChinese stage art.Playwright Cao Yu was the firstmanager of the theater.In 1933,When he became famous for hisPlay,Thunderstorm,he was only 23.A pioneer,he established himself