相对于那些一夜走红,成为媒体、观众热门话题的电视剧而言,日本舞台剧在观众的量和影响上都明显不如前者,即便是极富影响力的剧作家的作品或人气正旺的剧团的演出。但戏剧在日本并不寂寞,甚至应该说演事极盛。剧作家平田居左(该作家名本为日文假名,汉字为笔者所加,下同)称在他经营的剧场的电脑里,收录了1700多个剧团。据估计全日本剧团的实际数量有3000甚或5000。这些剧团既有职业剧团,也有非职业性的爱美剧团。由这些剧团所作的影响或大或小的演出(此外还有相当多的外国剧团来日演出),戏剧节,各种奖项的评比,不同剧种的联手,应有尽有,仔细看来好不热闹。事实上,以首都东京为例,你在电脑上输入某一日期查询公演信息的话,会发现有相当多的戏可供你选择。而一些受欢迎的公演,有时提前很多时间票就被预订光了。 Compared with the popular TV series that became popular overnight in the media and the audience, the Japanese drama series were obviously inferior to the former in the amount and influence of the audience. Even the highly influential playwright’s works or the popularity of the troupe show. But drama is not lonely in Japan, it should even be said that the stage is extremely prosperous. Hirata Habitat left playwright (the author’s name for the Japanese kana, Chinese characters for the author, the same below) said he operated the theater computer, contains more than 1,700 theater groups. The actual number of Japanese theater companies is estimated to be 3,000 or even 5,000. These troupes both professional troupes, there are non-professional American theater company. The influence of these troupes, large or small performances (in addition to a considerable number of foreign troupes coming to Japan), theatrical festivals, the competitions of various awards, and the combination of different operas are all over the place. In fact, in the capital city of Tokyo, for example, when you type in a date on your computer to inquire about performance information, you will find quite a few plays to choose from. And some popular performances, sometimes a lot of time in advance tickets have been booked.