中国京剧院四团的新编历史剧《大明魂》演出之后,引起了观众的广泛注意。许多人认为,该剧不论在剧本文学还是在舞台艺术方面,都有新的突破。三月九日,本刊主编刘厚生、方杰邀请了戏曲理论批评家阿甲、郭汉城、黄宗江,就上述问题进行了座谈。中国京剧院院长张东川,副院长、该剧导演王一达,编剧之一齐致祥以及主演之一张曼玲亦应邀出席了座谈会。以下发表的是座谈会的发言择要(以发言先后为序): After the performance of “Daming Soul”, a new historical drama by the Chinese Peking Opera troupe, attracted a great deal of attention from the audience. Many believe there is a new breakthrough in the play, both in script writing and in stage art. On March 9, editor-in-chief Liu Housheng and Fang Jie invited the opera critics A Jia, Guo Hancheng and Huang Zongjiang to discuss the above issues. Zhang Dongchuan, vice president of the Chinese Peking Opera Theater, Wang Yida, director of the play, Qi Zhi Xiang, one of the writers, and Zhang Manling, one of the protagonists, were also invited to attend the forum. The following is a summary of the forum speech (in order of precedence):