The Exploration Of Stan Lai’s Drama

Stan Lai is the representative figure of Taiwanese theater, known as "the creator of the modern theatre in Taiwan","the best Asian theater director". The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) called him the "today’s top Chinese dramatist"; Japanese NHK television called him "one of the most brilliant star in Taiwan theater"; The China Daily called him "China theatrical giants"; Many people think he is the greatest playwright, who can compared to Cao yu and Lao she, who are the greatest theater in the last century. Stan Lai’s masterpiece "the island village" the Beijing news rated as"the culmination of this era drama stage "; another masterpiece "like peach garden" was rated as the New York times "should be the contemporary China’s most popular stage"; his eight hours of epic theatre "the dream as a dream " has been hailed as a classic work of modern Chinese theatre. This paper take Stan Lai’s representative work as the breakthrough point, analyse the creative of Stan lai’s work and the innovative elements of stage plays, and research the effect and significance of Stan Lai’s plays to the Chinese mainland’s drama.Introduction mainly analyze the development course and current situation of the development of Taiwanese theater, and a brief overview of Stan Lai’s three very impact plays, on the basis of the analysis purpose and significance of this topic, and the latest research ideas and methods.The first chapter is mainly research Stan Lai and the development of the performance workshop for. First chapter mainly introduces Stan Lai himself and his major works, his performance after the establishment and development of the workshop.The second chapter mainly introduces his three representative works:"like peach garden"-the most well-known, the most performacnce and the widest audience;"the island village"-focus on Taiwan village culture;"The dream as a dream"-is a new attempt of drama form, from the aspects such as text, stage, performance represented by "the dream as a dream" analysis of Stan Lai’s drama, to find out the characteristics of the drama.The third chapter to the fifth chapter is a deep understanding to Stan Lai’s play by his appreciations drama, is not simply follow suit or outright reject the traditional things, but both inheritance and innovation. Starting from the drama itself, deeply excavates Stan Lai drama theatre in the mainland of the present industry and find the influence of the inheritance development enlightenment.The last is the conclusion.