雅俗共赏是个老生常谈的问题。对于戏剧作品,专家们往往要求其深刻,而一般观众则要求其好看好玩。看起来,深刻与好看好玩就像鱼与熊掌难以兼得,而上海偏偏推出了一部好看好玩又深刻的话剧《秀才与刽子手》。此剧塑造了两个既独特,又有典型意义的人物。清代末年,凌迟处死的酷刑废除了,科 Elegance and commonplace is a commonplace question. For theatrical productions, experts often demand that they be profound, while the average audience demands that they look good and fun. It seems that deep and good-looking fun like fish and bear’s paw can not have both, but Shanghai just launched a good-looking fun and profound drama “scholar and executioner.” The play shapes two unique but also typically meaningful characters. In the late Qing Dynasty, torture that had been executed too late was abolished