天津人民艺术剧院最近再次上演《雷雨》,导演丁小平进行了大胆的探索和尝试,使这部现实主义杰作的舞台面貌颇多创新,引起了戏剧界的极大兴趣,也产生了一些不同的看法。要讨论这一探索的得失,首先要分析导演创新意图的依据是什么。《雷雨》写于一九三三年,半个世纪来,观众的欣赏习惯已经有了很大发展,导演根据这种新的变化,在演出时采用一些新的艺术手法,这无疑是必要的。这次演出对剧本作了压缩,使剧情发展的节奏适当加快,又运用灯光、天幕、音 Tianjin People’s Art Theater recently staged “Thunderstorm,” director Ding Xiaoping conducted a bold exploration and attempt to make this realist masterpiece quite a lot of stage appearance innovation, aroused great interest in the theater industry, but also produced some different view. To discuss the pros and cons of this exploration, we must first analyze what is the basis for the director’s creative intentions. The Thunderstorm was written in 1933. For half a century, the audience’s appreciation habit has been greatly developed. According to this new change, the director adopted some new artistic techniques during the performance, which is undoubtedly necessary . The performance of the play has been compressed, so that the pace of development of the plot properly accelerated, but also the use of light, sky, sound