20世纪三、四十年代,粤剧在海外的传播在经历了近半个世纪的繁荣之后,开始陷入萧条。战火频仍是导致这一时期海外粤剧式微的主要原因,战后华侨华人身份认同的疏离、粤剧电影的冲击、文化转型、娱乐方式的转变等也是影响粤剧发展的外在因素。从业艺人的锐减、剧本的老化、演出质量的下降等则是粤剧衰落的内在原因。 In the 1930s and 1940s, the spread of Cantonese opera overseas began to fall into depression after nearly half a century of prosperity. The war was still the main reason leading to overseas Cantonese Opera in this period. The alienation of overseas Chinese identity after the war, the impact of Cantonese opera, cultural transformation and changes in entertainment were also external factors that affected the development of Cantonese opera. The plunge of practitioners, the aging of scripts and the decline of performance quality are all the underlying reasons for the decline of Cantonese opera.