《舞台生活四十年》与口述戏剧史研究

Forty Years' Life on Stage and Oral History Research

《舞台生活四十年》是由梅兰芳口述、许姬传记录整理的新中国成立后第一部戏曲家回忆录。著作采取口述笔录与个人传记相结合的写法,按照学科理论来审视,属于口述历史的研究范畴。述作者以科学而独到的实践方式,在口述访谈、著述体例及戏曲的口头述录等方面颇具开创性,堪称"口述戏剧史"的经典之作。该著对于研究梅兰芳的生命史、演剧史以及中国戏曲史均有不可替代的史料价值。新时期的研究应从中借鉴有益经验,助推现代口述戏剧史的探索与发展。

Forty Years' Life on Stage is the first dramatist memoirs dictated by Mei Lanfang,recorded by Xu Jichuan after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The works applied the method of oral record with biography writing,according to the discipline theory to examine,belong to the category of oral history research. The author takes the science and original practice way,which is groundbreaking classics of oral history in the oral interview,writing style and opera oral record. The book has a very high historical value in the research of Mei Lanfang,his performance and the history of Chinese drama. Research in the new period should Learn from the beneficial experience for reference,and facilitate the exploration and development of modern oral history.