The sea slowly flows | The drama "Cross the Sea" creation talk

On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2020, due to the covenant of the Fujian People's Art Theater, Wang Hong invited me to create a drama in collaboration with his novel "Taipei Letter".

Twenty years ago, I was still working in Putian. At that time, Wang Hong was still a young man in his twenties. One day he talked to me about the idea of ​​his "Taipei Lainer" novel. Because the strait, like the Berlin Wall, is a great tragedy of the Chinese nation, and it is very worthy of literary works.

After some time, his "Taipei Belly" came out. At that time, I had left Putian, but it did not affect one of the earliest reading of this work. Since then, the two of us have kept communication in literary and artistic creation, and have unknowingly have more than 20 years of forgetfulness. On one occasion, I talked to him about my creation of "Jingyang Zhong" and talked about the drama of one of the "hit the bell". At that time, the Emperor Chongzhen hit the bell to call the ministers. Wang Hong listened and suddenly stood up and said that there were only two ministers at that time, one of which was his ancestor -the right waiter of the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Jiaojiajing Camp Rongzheng Wang Jiayan.

The heavens and the earth are very large and small.

I know that Wang Hong's invitation is the trust of my experience in drama creation, but creating a work, with experience and skills alone. Needless to say, in recent years, there are many works on the theme of the Straits on the drama stage. The content of peaceful and unity is not particularly efficient because everyone is familiar with doing it. Even if the "Taipei Lainer" novel is great, even if I am just a franchisee. How to dig out a new idea from the story of the tragedy and joy of the people on both sides of the strait is still the prerequisite for the two of us.

In 2020, I returned to Putian's hometown as usual. Unexpectedly, the epidemic suddenly came after the Spring Festival and caught off guard. I was trapped in my hometown like many people -the simple old house with broken courtyard. For more than two months, this is the first time I have stayed in my hometown for so long after working out of work, and accompanied the old mother who was still alive at the time. Therefore, this time I was trapped and accidentally remembered the opportunity to remember the past and identify the old and father's fellows.

My neighbors are basically ancestors. From time to time, someone came to the door, visited my mother, and gave me the melons harvested in the field. They (she) uses a kind of dialect slang to speak short in the parents. Sending a smile again and again, I wandered again and again in the yard again and again. In the early spring, the kind sunlight spit out the lychee tree of the new leaves, streaming on my body, and let me drag my illusions and real figures. Stepping on the land that gave me me and raised me, my heart also stunned, and a scene appeared in my mind. This was an intoxicating and heartbroken past scene:

The fast -moving village sister -in -law who had just left, participated in the reservoir when he was young, with a figure of about one meter and five meters, carrying stones and picking a burden. At the same time, this woman, during the three -year difficult period, was secretly poked at her back by many people, saying that she had more relief grains with a cadre with a cadre of grain station, so she made her five children go more smoothly to the famine. Essence

After that distant afternoon, behind this house, my childhood partner stopped playing, listening to the adult who talked about the strong man named "Dragon King". The torrential flood, unfortunate martyrdom.

The old messenger named "Touzhong" always knocked on the gongs due to duties, walked past my door, and broadcast the notification in the village in the village of the village.

Deep in the west building, there was an old stage. At the night of the acting, "steam lamps" were lit on the stage, and the audience was a crowd of dark pressure. I remember that before the performance, the cadre named "Gosh Tau X" took the opportunity to go on stage. He would not give up his duties because the masses were waiting for the show to be eager to watch the show, and declared the last problem over and over again.

It was still that stage, such a meeting, that interesting big smaller and small militia, brightened on his head, shaking the order along the stage, and from time to time, he raised his arms and looked at his watch on his wrist. Everyone knows that he wants to attract the attention of the girls.

Also, I have been in the labor life and what I have seen in the educated youth (actually farmers) and I have seen ...

As a result, Wu Tiangui, including Yulian, A Wei, Jin, Fushun and other characters, came to face, opened my heart, walked into my heart, and made me tears. So I have the desire to create. I discussed with Wang Hong: "The Quiet Don River" is based on the history of the Red Army and the White Army. It can express the national character of the Cossck. The unique production and lifestyles of the Taiwan ethnic group, including faith, and the special destiny of these small people, while revealing the content of peace and unity, reflect the indomitable and endlessness of the Chinese nation. In fact, there was still a word in my heart that I didn't say it but it was really: I want to dedicate the work of this cooperation to the alive and dead father and fellow.

So I started writing, and the first draft came out soon, but the effect was unsatisfactory. The Provincial Department and Human Art held a script discussion. Experts felt that although the works had a strong life, the content was still thin. For us, this is unexpected and expected. The main problem is the narrative of the sorrow and joy that stays on both sides of the strait, and the digging of the characters is not deep enough. The subsequent modification was mainly based on the characterization of the characters. For example, the protagonist Wu Tiangui, his first crossing the sea, the main motivation came from his obsessed with the belief of the sea, the ship and the Mazu, and helping his brother Lin Awei to reunite in Taiwan is just the fuse. At the beginning of last year, the play was rehearsed and brought to the stage and met the audience for the first time. As a result, the response was mediocre, because the original defects were not only failed to repair well, but also made the defect even greater and obvious because of the standing. How to do?

Wang Hong and I repeatedly discussed. I kept turning around in that time, I was like a boat navigation in the sea. I thought of a direction, and I vaguely saw a light spot in the distance. I was so excited, sometimes annoyed, and always hovering in hope and disappointment. Thanks to the experts of our province to make a lot of valuable opinions to this repertoire after the performance, giving us great help. Over the years, the discussion has not talked about emotions, fake words, and selfless dedication has already formed atmosphere in the creation of Fujian drama, and helped the province's drama to maintain its prosperity. Among them, I have to mention Mr. Wang Jiezhang, the theorist of theater, and he can always put forward unexpectedly incisive opinions to the creation. This time, for the creative nodes where me and Wang Hong are, his help is like the clouds. He pointed out: Wu Tiangui should be a well -known ship boss in the four township. He is not an ordinary obsession with the sea and the boat, but that he will face the despair that he cannot survive; Wu Tiangui should reflect the relationship between the individual and the times. This opinion was so good that I suddenly and ignited my creative mind. Wu Tiangui's image gradually became clearer and richer in my heart -he just wanted to continue to be his own boat boss, worshiping his brother Lin Awei, let him make his determination, regardless of all the boats. As a result, he was punished for decades of suffering, and the cross -strait relations were heated back. He led a group of believers to return to the mainland for the second time by taking the "Mazu back to his mother's house". He not only reunited with his loved ones, but also inadvertently became a "boss of the boat" -This is the "Boss" of the first people on the cross -strait folk direct flight. The fate is drawn a circle. This is the time to make it. It does not rule out the components that adhere to personality and follow the heart.

It was already the fourth manuscript. When modifying, Wang Hong and I were rare to be effective in the effect of "breakout". Thinking about this journey so far, my ear will sound a conversation with Mr. Wang Shunzhen, the old drama writer Wang Shunzhen many years ago. He said that the creation must be "straightforward", the article is straightforward, and his gas is strong. This is very reasonable. Of course, the word "reason" refers to clearing ideas.

In the second modification of the repertoire, Director Li Bonan and other main creators made great efforts and made many necessary adjustments to the text. Some were creative, such as the addition of the song team. At the end of last year, the repertoire participated in the Provincial Art Festival and Drama Society, and received many honors. I talked to Wang Hong, and I talked to the theater leaders. I was ashamed when I was surprised. Because this drama is far from the good show, of course, including text, fortunately, we believe that we have the creative direction and the goal of hard work.

From a distance, the boundless sea is slowly flowing. Isn't the human life and human life? Therefore, I originally named this drama "Slowly Stream of the Sea". Later, I and Wang Hongshang were called "Crossing the Sea", because this name is more national, and we have a local saying: "Being over the sea is a fairy." The image of "the sea slowly flows".

(Zhou Changfu: Famous drama writer, this article published in the 158th issue of "Drama Talk")

Source: Fujian Literature and Art Network Week Changfu

Responsible editor: Lin Hongxia

Editor: Yan Shaoxiang

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