“新剧俱进会”始末考

A History of “The Association for the Development of New Drama”

在新剧(文明戏)的发展过程中,为谋求新剧界的团结和更大发展,新剧界于1914年3月31日组织成立新剧公会,并于1914年5月5日举办了"六大剧团联合演剧"。然而,早于新剧公会成立约两年前的1912年7月,作为新剧公会的前身,新剧界曾组织"新剧俱进会"这一事实却鲜为人知。笔者发现了详细记录俱进会成立及其活动经过的重要史料,即从1912年7月1日至同年9月20日连载于《太平洋报》中的专栏《新剧俱进会消息》。依据这份重要的史料,本文探讨了新剧俱进会成立和解散的经过、活动内容及其存在意义,并进一步分析了1912年前后新剧的发展状况。

During the development of new drama （wenming xi or the ＂civilized drama＂）, The New Drama Society （xinjugonghui） was formed for the cooperation and advancement of the new drama circle. It was founded on March 31st, 1914 and by May 5th, 1914 a ＂Co-production of Six Troupes＂ was on stage. However, it is not well known that in July 1912, two years before the founding of the New Drama Society, an ＂Association for the Development of New Drama＂ was formed in the theatrical circle. Some important historical records of that theatrical association were published in a column called ＂News about the Association for the Development of New Drama＂ in The Pacific News between July 1st and September 20th in 1912. This paper discusses the complete history of the association, the activities it organized, the significance of the association, and the development of new drama around 1912.