现实题材的勃兴与文学精神的赓续——2018中国话剧观察

The Prosperity of Realistic Themes and the Continuation of Literary Spirit——An Observation of Chinese Drama in 2018

致敬改革开放40年,成为2018年中国话剧发展最醒目的主题词;现实题材话剧集中涌现并渐成一种创作潮流,成为2018年值得关注的创作现象;以文学精神滋养戏剧舞台,用文学精神重铸戏剧灵魂,成为2018年越来越多话剧创作者的艺术自觉;如何在主题性创作、市场化创作和个体化创作交织共存的格局下,寻求新的表达语汇,拓展新的舞台空间,成为2018年话剧探索实践的主要方向;而忧思与期待并存、焦灼与沉潜兼具,将是未来一段时间中国话剧发展的常态。

Paying tribute to the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up has become the most striking theme of the development of Chinese drama in 2018. Realistic plays emerged intensively and became a creative trend gradually, which has become a noticeable phenomenon in 2018. Nurturing the stagewith literary spirit and recasting the soul of theater with literary spirit have become the artistic consciousness of many theaterartists in 2018. How to seek new expressions to expand new stage space under the intertwined coexistence of thematic creation, market-oriented creation and individualized creation has become the main direction for drama exploration and practice in 2018.The coexistence of anxiety and expectation, agitation and stagnation will be the normal development of Chinese drama in the future.