“《中国戏剧史》需要重写!”据说这是一位戏剧大师看了1987年贵州民族民间傩戏面具展览后所发的感言。虽然不了解大师此后有否再作过详尽发挥,但仅此一语,已使我认为是内涵十分丰富深刻的了。原因在于傩和戏之间相互影响、相互渗透,确实有着不同一般的密切关系,而绝不止于是现在还保留有若干傩戏,相当古朴,可供人作“活化石”研究等等。可以这样说:把傩放在视野之外而编写的戏剧史,必然会对若干问题难以理清头绪和作出合理说明。 “The History of Chinese Theater needs to be rewritten!” It is said that this is a remark made by a master dramatist after viewing the 1987 Folk Folk Opera Mask Exhibition in Guizhou. Although I do not understand whether the master has made any further elaboration since then, the mere phrase has made me think that the connotation is very rich and profound. The reason is that the interplay between the opera and the opera does indeed have a different general relationship, and more than that, there are still a number of movies that are still preserved. Quite simply, they are available as “living fossils” and so on. It can be said that the history of dramas written outside the visual field is bound to make it difficult to sort out some clues and make reasonable explanations.