新式学生演剧是中国近代社会的新生事物。20世纪前20年,学生演剧经过了1908年、1911年和1918年三个高潮,清末、袁世凯时期两个低谷。囿于传统戏剧观念的制约,学生演剧引起人们认识上的困惑和舆论上的争议。围绕学生演剧的相关争论或意见也反映了民众戏剧观念的冲突或 New student drama is a new life in modern Chinese society. In the first two decades of the twentieth century, the students’ performances passed three climaxes of 1908, 1911 and 1918, with two troughs in the late Qing and Yuan Shikai periods. Due to the restriction of the concept of traditional drama, the student drama arouses confusion on people’s cognition and controversy in the public opinion. The controversy or opinion surrounding the drama of the students also reflects the conflict or the concept of pop drama