中央戏剧学院戏文系教授祝肇年在今年第一期《新剧本》杂志中发表了《戏曲“颓势”小议》。文中呼吁建立“戏曲观众学”。祝教授认为,在目前我国戏曲艺术,供求机制中存在着某种失调。要改变这一“失调”就要研究不同地域、同不层次的喜爱。他认为可把戏曲观众分为五个层次:(1)有较高水平的知识分子。有专家、学者、部分大学 Professor Zhu Zhaonian of the Department of Theater Arts of the Central Academy of Drama published the “discussion” about the decline of “opera” in the first issue of this year’s “New Script” magazine. The article called for the establishment of “opera audiences.” I wish Professor believes that there is a certain imbalance in the current art of Chinese opera, supply and demand mechanism. To change this “disorder” we must study the different regions, with the same level of love. He believes that the opera audience can be divided into five levels: (1) a higher level of intellectuals. There are experts, scholars, some universities