1955年左右,我看了袁雪芬、范瑞娟女士的彩色越剧艺术片《梁山伯与祝英台》,惊喜了好长时间。我认为袁雪芬在银幕上塑造了一位美丽、聪明、贤淑、文雅的东方女性的典范。我认为她是中国戏曲最好的表演艺术家之一。以后,又陆续听到她在建国前为创建越剧艺术艰苦奋斗的历史,又增强了我对她的人格的敬仰。 Around 1955, I read the movie Yue Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai of Yuan Shaofen and Ms. Fan Ruijuan’s color Yue Opera, which surprised me a long time. I think Yuan Xuefen has created a beautiful, smart, virtuous and elegant oriental woman on the screen. I think she is one of the best performing artists in Chinese opera. Later, I heard one after another how she worked hard to create the art of Yue Opera before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and also strengthened my respect for her personality.