了不起的中國戲劇:鎖麟囊(英) 作者簡介

翁偶虹 (1908—1994)，著名戲曲作家、理論家、教育家、中央文史研究館館員，北京人。原名翁麟聲，筆名藕紅，后改為偶虹。翁偶虹先后于中華戲曲專科學校、中國京劇院任編劇。他曾為程硯秋、金少山、李少春、袁世海、葉盛蘭、童芷苓、黃玉華、吳素秋等演員以及中華戲曲專科學校、富連成科班編寫劇本，一生共編寫劇本 ( 包括移植、整理、改編 )100 余出，其代表劇作有《鎖麟囊》《將相和》《響馬傳》《大鬧天宮》《李逵探母》《紅燈記》等。翁偶虹先生不僅是著名的戲劇家，還是難得的散文大家，其作品以優美醇厚的散文筆法見長，《翁偶虹戲曲論文集》和《翁偶虹編劇生涯》是他晚年編撰的兩部專著。 Known by his pen name Ouhong, Weng Linsheng (1908—1994) was a famous playwright, theorist, educator, and academician at the China Central Institute for Culture and History. Weng served as a playwright successively at the Zhonghua Traditional Opera Training School and China Beijing Opera Theater. He wrote a total of more than 100 plays (including transplantations, reorganizations, and adaptions) in his lifetime for numerous famous actors, including many popular pieces like The Lucky Purse, The General and the Prime Minister, Legend of the Bandit Heroes, Monkey King, Li Kui Visits His Mother and The Red Lantern. Weng was also a master of prose known for his elegant and mellow writing style. He compiled two monographs in his later years, namely Weng Ouhong’s Collected Essays on Traditional Opera and Weng Ouhong's Career as a Playwright.