引言埃尔默·赖斯是美国最早用戏剧形式描绘现代机器文明对人性摧残的剧作家之一,其代表力作《加算器》是一部杰出的表现主义戏剧,该剧于1923年在百老汇上演,不仅得到了人们的广泛赞誉,更奠定了赖斯在美国戏剧发展史上的重要地位。剧中的主人公零先生是公司的一名普通会计, Introduction Elmer Rice is one of the earliest playwrights in the United States to portray the dehumanization of modern machine civilization in the form of drama. His masterpiece “Adder” is an outstanding expressionist drama which premiered on Broadway in 1923 , Not only has been widely praised by people, but also laid the important position of Rice in the history of American theater development. The protagonist in the play is Mr. Zero, a company’s general accountant,