小剧场戏剧,在英文中的对应译名为Experimental Theatre,美国《世界戏剧百科》一书对这个词条有如下注解:20世纪新导演的崛起突破了占统治地位的传统导演方法,新发展起来的戏剧理论和导演方式必须经受考验,于是实验这个概念的介绍便从科学界引进了戏剧界。[1]最早在西方进行“戏剧实验”的是法国导演安东尼·安托万。 Small theater drama, the corresponding translation in English for the Experimental Theater, the United States, “World Theater Encyclopedia,” a book on the entry note: the rise of the new director in the 20th century broke through the dominant traditional director method, the newly developed Theater theory and director mode must be tested, so the introduction of the experimental concept introduced the theater industry from the scientific community. [1] The earliest in the West “drama experiment ” is the French director Anthony Antoine.