男女合演与媒体言说:1923年“女子参艺”论争解析

On “Female Participation in Art Performances” in 1923

1923年,北京人艺戏剧专门学校的女学生吴瑞燕,登台出演陈大悲编剧的《英雄与美人》,成为中国话剧史上男女合演的最初尝试。这一事件随即在《晨报副镌》引发关于"女子参艺"的讨论,吸引了一批北方知识分子的参与。受"五四"妇女解放思潮影响的知识分子普遍接受并肯定了女子演戏的权力,却又各自从新文化运动中吸取了"戏剧改良"、"女子参政"等不同的思想资源与概念工具,因而各有所见,在肯定女性登台的共识上存在着歧见。

In 1923, Wu Ruiyan, a female student at the Beijing People＇s Art Theater School, starred in The Hero and the Beauty written by Chen Dabei. This was the first joint performance of male and female performers in the history of Chinese theater. The performance immediately triggered a debate in the Morning Paper among a group of middle-class intellectuals concerning ＇female participation in art performances＇. Influenced by women＇s emancipation thoughts from May 4th Movement, all the intellectuals supported the rights for women＇s participation in public performing. Simultaneously, because of different understanding of the ＂theater reform＂ and women＇s suffrage in the early republican period in China, intellectuals had different opinions on ＂female participation in art performances＂.