投考戏剧或电影学院的青年,都要经过一番小品表演的考试。小品表演有考生自选题材的,也有主考人指定内容的。表演者的技巧、才干,在这场考试中,确能被人看出个大概。此人是在形式地做戏,还是真正已经浸入于所扮人物的心灵深处,明眼人一看就知。本世纪美国著名戏剧理论家,哈佛大学戏剧文学系教授乔治·贝克,在他的名著《戏剧技巧》一书中谈到这样一个插曲:有一位女演员到某位导演面前要求工作。导演作为主试人,就让她用“过来”两 Candidates for theater or film school youth, have to go through some sketch performance exams. Candidates show a selection of subject matter, but also the examiner specified content. The performer’s skills, ability, in this exam, can indeed be seen by a person. This person is acting in a formal manner, or really immersed in the depths of the characters who play, knowing people know. George Beck, a famous American theater theorist and professor of drama and literature at Harvard University, talked about this episode in his book Theatrical Skills: An actress called for a job before a director. Director as the main test, let her use “over” two