民国前期广州粤剧全女班演出新探

A New Exploration of Cantonese Opera All-female Troupes in Early Republican Period

粤剧全女班是民国时期广州粤剧场上兴起的一种新的戏班类型。在《广州民国日报》中刊登了大量的戏曲广告、相关新闻以及评论文章,一定程度上呈现了广州粤剧全女班的戏班数量、演出场所、演员阵容以及演出剧目等方面的演出讯息。对这些戏曲史料的收集、统计和分析,可以勾勒出民国前期广州粤剧全女班的演出情况:在戏班经营上,粤剧全女班数量众多,竞争激烈,采用商业化运作模式;在演出场所上,以游艺场作为演出根据地,充分利用其优势革新舞台表演艺术;在演员阵容上,由女演员担纲,注重演员宣传和名角效应;在演出剧目上,以生旦戏为主,大量编演新剧目,发挥女演员优势,适应观众审美需求。

Cantonese Opera All-female Troupe was a new type of Guangdong opera troupes during the period of Republic of China. There were a lot of opera advertisements, news and reviews on Guangzhou Republic Daily which present the troupes＂ number, performance venues, the casts and productions. Through data collection, statistics and analysis, we can outline the characteristics of Cantonese Opera All-female Troupes. They were in numerous quantities and have established commercial operating pattern to meet the fierce competition. They made amusement parks based areas to innovate stage performing arts. They were mainly composed of actresses, emphasizing on publicity and star effect, and produced new plays mainly focusing on love stories to satisfy various tastes.