Background/背景资料

童話劇《馬蘭花》原作者簡介

任德耀，著名兒童戲劇家，1918年誕生於江蘇省揚州市。1940年畢業於國立戲劇學校舞台美術系。1947年，受宋慶齡委托，在上海參與創建中國福利基金會兒童劇團（即中國福利會兒童藝術劇院前身），任劇團負責人之一。在擔任劇院領導工作四十餘年的同時，創作了兒童劇《我們都有一個志愿》、《友情》、《小足球隊》、《宋慶齡和孩子們》、《好伙伴之歌》、木偶劇《兔子與貓》、《魔鬼面売》等廿十多部劇作（其中三部被改編攝制成電影）；特別是童話劇《馬蘭花》取材於中國民間故事，自1956年中國兒童藝術劇院在北京、中國福利會兒童藝術劇院在上海演出以來，近五十年長演不衰，深受幾代少年兒童喜愛。蘇聯、日本、新加坡、澳大利亞等國的戲劇團體曾先後翻譯移植，使《馬蘭花》成為世界兒童共享的精神食粮。

A Brief Introduction of the Playwright Who Originally Wrote the "Malan Flower"

Ren Deyao, a renowned children's playwright, was born in 1918 in the City of Yangzhou in China. He graduated from the Department of Stage Design in the National Institute of Theatrical Arts. In 1947 he was commissioned by Song Qingling to establish the Chinese Children's Theater under the sponsorship of the Chinese Welfare Foundation. During a span of over 40 years as the head of the Theater, he wrote over 20 children's plays, three of which were made into movies. "Malan Flower", adapted from a Chinese folk tale, was his most outstanding masterpiece. Ever since it premiered in 1956 first in Beijing and later on in Shanghai, its popularity continued and flourished. For over half a century it has been well-received by generations of children in China. It even achieved success as far away as the former Soviet Union, Japan, Singapore and Australia, making "Malan Flower" one of the time-tested world class classics for children.

关于童话剧《马兰花》在中国及世界各地的演出传播情况

《马兰花》创作于1955年，是任德耀先生在苏联戏剧专家库里涅夫的鼓励、指导下完成的一部中国童话剧。 她作为中国儿童艺术剧院建院剧目于1956年3月参加第一届全国话剧汇演在北京首演，并荣获演出一等奖，任先生的剧本二等奖。1956年9月，中国福利会儿童艺术剧院继而在上海首演。之后，各地话剧团、地方戏剧团乃至沪剧、江西采茶戏也都相继上演…… 逾半个世纪中国儿艺、福利会上海儿艺曾四度、五度公演此剧。近年，中国儿艺还第五次改编成音乐剧，还有英文版在北京公演。 1960年上海海燕电影製片厂摄制成电影在全国各地、东南亚各国相继放映…… 1958年3月，苏联莫斯科中央儿童剧院上演了此剧。不久，日本仲间剧团在东京上演。1959年4月，苏联萨拉托夫城少年观众剧院改编成芭蕾舞剧公演。1980年7月日本仲间剧团第73回再度公演此剧。1983年6月、1993年7月，日本齿轮座剧团两度公演此剧。1991，新加坡某剧团持此剧英语版参加挪威的业余世界戏剧节公演。1991年在澳大利亚悉尼也公演此剧。 此剧剧本1955年首次发表于《文艺月刊》。1957年有连环画出版。1958年4月由少年儿童出版社出版单行本。1963年6月，外文出版社出版英语版本，1986年该社又出版斯瓦西里语版本。

 

Performances of "Malan Flower" In and Outside of China

"Malan Flower" was written in 1955. In March of 1956 it premiered in Beijing for the celebration of the Grand Opening of the National Children's Theater for Performing Arts and was selected as an entry in the National Festival of Children's Plays held at that new theater. Not only did it win first place but the original playwright, Mr. Ren Deyao, also won 2nd place for his script. In September of 1956, the Children's Performing Arts Theater established by the China Welfare Organization premiered this play in Shanghai. Afterward, numerous theaters, performing arts organizations and local play groups all followed suit. Overt the past half century, at least 5 performances were shown in just the two major theaters in Beijing and Shanghai alone. In recent year, the 5th performance by the National Children's Theater for Performing Arts revised it into a musical play. There was even an English version of it that premiered in Beijing.

In 1960, it was made into a movie in China and shown all over China and Southeast Asian countries. In March of 1958, the play premiered in Moscow, Russia, followed by Tokyo in Japan. In April of 1958, it premiered in Russia as a ballet after it was revised. By July of 1980, it had been performed in Tokyo, Japan for a total of 73 times! In June of 1983 and again in July of 1993, it was performed by another theatrical group in Japan. In 1991, one of the entries in the World Festival for Plays by Amateurs held in Norway was an English version of "Malan Flower" that came from Singapore. In 1991, this renowned play premiered in Sydney, Australia.

The original script first appeared in the "Literature Monthly" magazine in 1956. Pictorial serials appeared in 1957. In April of 1958 it appeared as a children's story book. The Foreign Press published an English version of it in June of 1963. There was even one in Swahili in 1980.

We now have it rewritten, translated and revised into a musical drama with singing and dancing, in two separate versions, one in English and one in Chinese.