近读曹禺先生日记,在1980年10月的一篇中写有:“剧作家应该是思想家。”重视思想性,本是戏剧的题中之意。话剧尤其需要强调思想。我国的话剧是新文化运动和革命文艺的先锋和中坚。重视思想性是中国话剧的优秀传统。强调思想性并不等于轻视艺术性,两者是相辅相成,互为依存的关系。戏剧的思想性蕴含、体现于艺术性之中,若艺术性不足道,思想性就放了空。由于现在话剧的思想性太不受重视,或者重视了而没多少价值,这是研讨所谓戏剧危机应 Nearly read the diary of Mr. Cao Yu, wrote in an article in October 1980: “The playwright should be a thinker. ” Emphasis on ideological, this is the meaning of the title of the drama. In particular, drama emphasizes thinking. Our country’s drama is the vanguard and backbone of the new cultural movement and revolutionary literature and art. Emphasis on ideology is an excellent tradition of Chinese drama. Emphasizing ideology does not amount to despising artistry, and the two are complementary and interdependent ones. The ideological implication of drama is embodied in the artistry. If artistry is not enough, the ideology is left empty. Due to the fact that nowadays dramatic ideas are too poorly valued or valued without much value, this is about studying the so-called drama crisis