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《头版消息》:新闻业万花筒被誉为“美国喜剧作品中最久演不衰的作品之一” 的《头版消息》(The FrontPage,1928)是第一部由新闻记者执笔讽刺剧.它描写芝加哥新闻圈内种种怪诞离奇的现象,揭露了所谓新闻自由、公正和严肃性的虚假不实,荒唐可笑;夸张而真实地再现了新闻从业人员的粗俗浅薄、狂热放肆的行为作派.同时,该剧还对美国政府部门、法律部门和监狱内的肮脏行径以及政客们的幕后交易给予无情的批判.《头版消息》初演于纽约时代广场剧院,由杰德·哈里斯导演,乔治·考夫曼担任舞台监督.许多名演员如奥斯古德·柏金斯、李·特雷西等参加了演出,首演即达281场.在后来的重演中,1969—70的百老汇演出季最为成功.最近的一次重演是1986年,亦好评如潮.
The Frontpage News: The Press Kaleidoscope The FrontPage (1928), hailed as one of the most prolific pieces in American comedy work, was the first written by journalists to write a satirical drama. It describes all sorts of bizarre and bizarre phenomena in the Chicago news circle, exposes the false falsehood and absurdity of the so-called press freedom, fairness and seriousness, and exaggerates and truly reproduces the vulgar and absurd acts of journalists. At the same time, the play also critically criticized the dirty acts of the U.S. government, law enforcement and prisons as well as behind-the-scenes deals by politicians. “Front page news” premiered at Times Square in New York City, directed by Jed Harris, George Kaufman acted as stage supervisor and many actors such as Osgood Perkins and Lee Tracy joined the show with 281 debut debut performances. In the subsequent reenactment, Broadway, 1969-70 The most successful performance season, the most recent repeat is 1986, also rave reviews.