今年7月13日至27日,由著名戏剧家黄宗江、著名导演陈颙和《外国戏剧》编委谢榕津组成的中国戏剧家代表团应美国奥尼尔戏剧中心的邀请,赴美参加了为纪念戏剧中心成立二十周年而举行的一次“国际剧作家会议”。除我国外,委内瑞拉、丹麦、阿根廷、澳大利亚、苏联及加勒比海诸国也参加了这次会议。尤金·奥尼尔(1888——1953)是美国现代著名剧作家,诺贝尔文学奖金获得者,被认为是美国现代戏剧的奠基人。为纪念这位杰出的剧作家,美国东海岸边的纽伦敦成立了奥尼尔戏剧中心。每年夏季,戏剧中心都要召集“全国剧作家会议”,并挑选一些新剧作,用四天的时间,边排、边演、边改、进行“舞台阅读”,经过研究讨论,从中选出优秀作品推荐给公众。这种方法被称为“奥尼尔方法”。因此, From July 13 to July 27 this year, a delegation of Chinese dramatists, composed of famous dramatist Huang Zongjiang, famous director Chen Xun and editor of the “Foreign Drama” Xie Rongjin, visited the United States for the Memorial Theater Center at the invitation of the United States O’Neill Theater Center. An International Playwright Conference to be held on the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. In addition to my country, Venezuela, Denmark, Argentina, Australia, the Soviet Union and the Caribbean countries also participated in the meeting. Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953) is a famous modern American playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and is regarded as the founder of modern American drama. In honor of this prominent playwright, the O’Neill Theater Center was established in New London on the east coast of the United States. Every summer, the drama center should convene a “national playwright conference” and select some new dramas, with four days, side row, side performance, edge change, “stage reading”, through research and discussion, selected from Excellent works recommended to the public. This method is called “O’Neal method.” therefore,