我从小就喜欢戏剧,听过许多名家名段,看过不少视为经典的戏剧演出。更为有幸的是80年代初,北京市剧协在欧美同学会召开戏剧座谈会,我首次见到戏剧大师曹禺。他给我的第一印象,是年纪七十开外,虽无鹤发,但有童颜。我想,在他所经历的那个既有阳光,也有风雨的年代,一定会有许多令人心动的故事,但最让我感兴趣的是有关大师的趣闻轶事。北京人民艺术剧院建院三十五周年之际,画家朋友王长海画了一幅小画聊表祝贺之意。画儿画好了,苦思冥想也没有想出一个好题目,不由自主地想到了大名鼎鼎的人 I grew up playing theater, heard many famous names, seen a lot of theatrical performances as classic. Even more fortunate is the early 80s, Beijing Drama Association in Europe and the United States held a drama Symposium, I first met the theater master Cao Yu. The first impression he gave me was that it was seventy years old. I think there will surely be many exciting stories about the sunshine and the stormy weather he has gone through, but what interests me most is the anecdote about the masters. On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the founding of Beijing People’s Art Theater, Wang Changhai, a painter’s friend, drew a small picture to express his congratulation. Draw a good picture, thoughtful thinking did not come up with a good topic, involuntarily thought of the famous people