《赛太岁》又名《审七·长亭》, 是京剧花脸艺术大师郝寿臣先生的代表作,也是今天京剧舞台上已绝迹的作品之一。说这出戏是大手笔,也许有人会不以为然。在下虽未能亲睹郝先生的演出风采,但曾在上世纪80年代后期,有幸欣赏过郝老学生马永安的演出,也聆听过花脸巨匠袁世海先生的录音和京剧名宿翁偶虹先生的多 Sai T’ai-tsui, also known as “Examining Seven Chang Pavilion,” is a masterpiece of Mr. Hao Shouchen, a masked Beijing opera masked artist, and one of the extinct works on the Beijing opera stage today. That this play is generous, and some may disagree. Although the audience did not see the performance style of Mr. Hao, but in the late 1980s, had the privilege of enjoying the old student Ma Yongan performances, but also to listen to the face masters Mr. Yuan Shihai recording and Beijing opera actor Weng Ou Hong more