陈白尘先生是我国著名的老剧作家。早在20年代末期,他就致力于革命的戏剧运动,开始了话剧创作。30年代和抗战时期写下了大量剧本。特别是讽刺喜剧,有着相当高的成就。他的剧作除了取材于现实生活外,还写了不少具有独特艺术风格的优秀历史剧。对这位德高望重的老作家,笔者在前几年就想去拜访他。但得知他已患病多年,讲话、行动都很困难,也就不便去打扰他,只在心里祈求上天保佑他早日恢复健康。1994年1月底,南京大学叶子铭教授的夫人汤淑敏来电,说陈老病情有所好转,嘱我速去南京。 Mr. Chen Baichen is a famous old playwright in our country. As early as the late 1920s, he devoted himself to the revolutionary theater movement and started the drama creation. During the 1930s and the Anti-Japanese War, a large number of scripts were written. In particular, satirical comedy, has a very high achievement. In addition to his plays based on real life, he also wrote many excellent historical plays with unique artistic styles. For this respected old writer, I wanted to visit him a few years ago. However, knowing that he had been ill for many years, he was in a difficult position to speak and act and was inconvenient to disturb him. He only prayed to God to bless him for his early return to health. At the end of January 1994, Ms. Tang Shumin, the wife of Professor Ye Ziming at Nanjing University, called and said that Chen Lao’s condition had been somewhat improved and urged me to speedily go to Nanjing.