新剧“中兴”:甲寅还是癸丑?

“The Revival”of Modern Drama—in the Year 1914 or 1913

"甲寅中兴",本指沪上甲寅(1914年)的新剧兴盛,最早持"中兴"说的朱双云和一般亲历中兴风云的新剧家都认为,新剧中兴始于癸丑(1913年)下半年,而大盛于1914年春夏的新剧会演,会演后新剧中兴已渐趋衰落。所谓"甲寅中兴",持续的时间不过一年多,甚至没持续到甲寅这一年结束。

By “Jiayin Revival” is meant the flourish of new Shanghai drama in Jiayin year （1914） ; while Zhu Shuangyun who first proposed the notion of “revival” and some other new dramatists who have personally experi-enced the revival believed that the revival commenced in the second half of Guichou year （1913） and flourished in the joint performance of new dramas in the spring and summer of 1914 while declined after the performance. The so-called “Jiayin Revival” lasted just for over a year and even halted before the end of the Jiayin year.