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What is the history of Tsinghua University's drama?
"Drama" in Tsinghua Landscape

Sunshine Hall of Tsinghua Science Park 20141211. The "Enlightenment Cup" college students' original script competition opened here. This is a silhouette of many drama activities held in Tsinghua.

Drama has always had a unique meaning for Tsinghua University. The "Tsinghua tradition" in the history of modern drama in China has aroused extensive discussion. On the campus of Tsinghua, the fire of drama has been handed down from generation to generation by young students, and it is still enduring and exudes unique charm.

19 14 In the summer, Robin Hood was staged in the jungle near Wen Ting. Putting the play outdoors was a pioneering work at that time. Its screenwriter is Hong Shen, one of the founders of modern drama and film in China.

Hong Shen 19 12 was admitted to Tsinghua University and majored in literature and drama at Harvard University. He is crazy about drama and has written and edited 38 plays.

From 65438 to 0928, Hong Shen took the lead in proposing the unified use of the term "drama", and made fruitful practice and theoretical exploration in screenwriter, director and performance.

At the beginning of school in Tsinghua, drama competitions were held in different grades every semester. 19 16 set up a "recreation club", which is divided into two parts: drama and music. 19 19, Wen Yiduo and others initiated the establishment of a new drama club, which was the first of its kind in Tsinghua.

On the anniversary of 193 1, Zheng Xiu, a middle school girl, came to Tsinghua to enjoy the drama Nora. It was Cao Yu who appeared on the stage and was later known as "China Shakespeare". This also became the beginning of their acquaintance. 1 year later, Zheng Xiu was admitted to Tsinghua Law Department, and Cao Yu went from acquaintance to love.

Soon after, in front of this long table in the reading room of Tsinghua Library, Cao Yu was writing at his desk, which was Zheng Xiu's neat handwriting. This is the first work of China's play Thunderstorm.

Tsinghua is a fertile ground for drama, from which a large number of playwrights, critics, translators and scholars can go down in history. 1945 foreign languages department alumnus and famous performing artist Ying Ruocheng once proudly said: If you want to do drama academic research, you must go to Tsinghua.

On the evening of October 3rd, 2065438+0165438/KLOC-0, the original drama "Malanhuakai" created by a new generation of dramatists in Tsinghua appeared in Shanghai, and finally won the top prize in the 4th China Campus Drama Festival. This work of the times, which shows the great love of Deng Jiaxian heroes, has won universal praise from people from all walks of life.

Time goes by and is passed down from generation to generation. As an important source of Tsinghua's century-old context, drama has been infiltrating the body and mind of Tsinghua students from generation to generation. All kinds of feelings in the world, home and country, are always performed on this small stage to express the wonderful life.