严凤英跟随戏班,在怀宁农村串乡演唱黄梅调(黄梅戏)。由于她天性聪颖,在舞台上崭露头角,便深受群众的喜爱。可是在旧社会,演员位居人下,严凤英被迫离开舞台,羁縻于石牌。这还是抗战时期的事。 当时,严凤英住在石牌镇下街姜家网,于极其挟小的天地里,过着度日如年的生活。她常常独自伤心落泪,怀念着她所热衷的舞台生涯。在她身陷困境时,石牌镇的一些戏曲爱好者,不时去看望她;她自己有时也走门串户,同几位要好的姐妹们一起清唱黄梅调,以排遣心中的愁 Yan Fengying follow the troupe, singing in the rural Huaiying coloration Huangmei tune (Huangmei opera). Because of her nature is clever, emerge on the stage, they are loved by the masses. However, in the old society, the actor came from under the crowd and Yan Fengying was forced to leave the stage. This is still a matter during the war of resistance against Japan. At that time, Yan Fengying living in the Shipai Town Street ginger network, in the extremely small world, living a life of years. She often sad and cry alone, miss her passionate stage career. When she was in trouble, some opera lovers in Shipai Town visited her from time to time; she walked her own house sometimes and sang Huangmei tune together with a few sisters who were better,