《戏剧报》今年开辟了“剧事琐议”栏目,所发文章言简意胲,颇有意趣。但是,我对八三年第二期肖曼同志《看戏要讲文明》一文却不以为然。该文把剧场里少数观众中途退场以及看完戏不鼓掌等,一律视为“不文明”的表现,恐怕有失偏颇。剧场里上演的节目能不能抓住观众,关键是看那戏的思想内容和艺术质量。对任何演出,观众是最权威的评定者。看好戏,是享受,能受益,观众也自然地会为之叫好、鼓掌。看不好的戏,叫人倒胃口,观众与其花了钱买罪受,还不如趁早退出剧场。这恐怕不能算做观众的不文明。那坚持到底没有中途退场的,已经够捧场的了,难道还要强迫人家鼓掌吗? 还有,某些舞台剧演出之前,报刊上往往就先大 The Drama Newspaper this year opened the column of “dramatic discussion”, which made the article concise and interesting. However, I disagree with Comrade Xiaoman’s second account of “watching the opera speaks of civilization” in 1983. This article will give away a small number of viewers in the theater and withdraw from the audience and watch the show, and so on, all regarded as “uncivilized” manifestations, and I am afraid they are biased. The show held in the theater can catch the audience, the key is to look at the contents of the play’s ideological content and art. Audience is the most authoritative assessor for any performance. Optimistic about the show, is to enjoy, can benefit, the audience naturally will be applauded, applause. Look bad opera, annoying people, the audience spent their money to buy sins, might as well withdraw from the theater as early as possible. I am afraid I can not count as the uncivilized audience. That insisted in the end did not exit midway, already enough to join in, and also forced others to applause it? Also, before the performance of some stage shows, newspapers often first large