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4. THE RECEPTION OF BERTOLT BRECHT IN CHINA AND ITS IMPACT ON CHINESE DRAMA
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THERECEPTIO NO FBERTOL TBRECH TI NCHIN A ANDIT SIMPAC TO NCHINES EDRAM A AdrianHsi a In193 5Brech tsa wMe iLanfang' sincomparabl e performancea sa femal eimpersonato ro fth eChines e Operai nMoscow .I twa sno tonl ya mileston ei nth e developmento fBrecht' scaree ra sa playwrigh tan d 'Dramaturg'(i nth esens etha tth ePekin gOper aconfirme d Brecht'sview so nalienation) ,bu ti tals omarke dth e beginningo fBrecht' sreceptio ni nChina .Admittedly ,thi s undercurrento fenthusias mwa st oremai nimperceptibl e fordecades .Shortl yafte rBrecht' sexperienc ewit hth e ChineseTheatre ,h ewrot e'Bemerkunge nube rdi e chinesischeSchauspielkunst' ,probabl yth efirs tversio no f theessa y'Verfremdungseffekt ei nde rchinesische n Schauspielkunst'.Th eEnglis htranslatio no fthi sessa y publishedi nLif ean dLetter sToda yi n193 6unde rth etitl e 'TheFourt hWal lo fChina ,A nessa yo nth eeffec to f disillusioni nth eChines etheatre 'wa sardentl yperuse db y ayoun gChines e- Huan gZuoli n- wh owa sthe nstudyin g dramai nEngland .H ewa splease dtha ta nar tfor mfro m hismotherlan dwa shighl yappreciate db ya Europea n dramatisto fsom erepute ,an dth eessa ymus tals ohav e instilledi nhi mth eide ao fmergin gEuropea ndram aan d ChineseOper as oa st oproduc ea dramati cfor mbot h modernan dChinese ,i.e. ,whic hwoul dmee tth e requirementso fbot hth econtemporar ytim ean dth e particularcountry ,China .However ,thi side atoo ka lon g timet osurfac eint oth ereal mo fhi sconsciousnes san d mature.Hence ,th ebirt ho fth ebrainchil donl ytoo kplac e in1951 . OnJanuar y2nd ,1951 ,MrHuang ,whowasthenDeput y Heado fth eShangha iPeople' sAr tTheatre ,delivere da longspeec ht ohi scolleague so nth edifference sbetwee n traditionalan dEpi cTheatre .A sfa ra sI ca nascertain , Receptiono fBrech ti nChina4 7 thiswa sth efirs tsystemati cintroductio no fBrecht' s theatreo nChines esoil .I tma yhav ebee nth elonges ttal k evergive no nth eEpi cTheatr eanywher ei nth eworld :i t lastedsi xhours .Huan gZuoli nsummarize dth econten to f manyplay sb yBrech tan ddescribe dho wthe ywer e produced.The nh edelineate dth ehistor yo fth e developmento fEpi cTheatre :th ekin do fbackgroun d againstwhic hi tevolved ,wh yi twa snecessar yan dth e specialtechnique srequire dt oachiev ewha twa sunderstoo d asth egoa lo fth eLehrstuck .Attentio nwa sals ogive nt o acting,stag edesign an dlighting .I nshort ,th ewhol e systemwa sdescribe di na sdetaile dan dcomprehensiv ea mannera spossible. Huang'sspeec hwa sno ta nacademi ctalk ,i tserve da practicalpurpose .Th eKorea...