【内容简介】
妙语连珠又犀利深刻，捧腹大笑也笑中带泪，这就是毛姆戏剧的魅力！
有一时期，伦敦的各大剧院同时上演着毛姆的戏，这种盛况，恐怕除去莎士比亚，还没有别人做到过。
“我们从别人的经验里唯一学到的，就是我们什么也没有学到。”
意料不到的故事情节、高超的戏剧技巧，阅读毛姆是编剧的必修课程
毛姆的戏剧所涉题材甚广，除了令人捧腹的喜剧之外，他对于严肃话题的讨论也极大延展了戏剧作品的文学生命。本书选取了毛姆极具代表性的五部不同风格的作品：《理发师谢皮》是一部充满魔幻色彩的讽刺剧，也是毛姆创作的最后一部剧作；《神圣爱火》是一部包裹着悬疑外衣的伦理剧，讨论了“爱”与“死”的殊途同归；《家有美人》是一出令人捧腹的闹剧；《周而复始》是一部轻松愉快的戏剧，也是毛姆作品中上演次数最多的一部，名列英国国家剧院提出的二十世纪百大经典剧作之一；《信》是一部带有殖民反思色彩的情节剧。我们固然能从字里行间瞥见那个妙语连珠、犀利尖刻的毛姆，也能看到他于循环往复的自我拉扯间探索着社会苦难、道德困境与精神危机的出路。
【作者简介】
威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆
英国小说家、剧作家，生于巴黎。早年在伦敦圣托马斯医学院学医，后弃医从文。代表作有戏剧《理发师谢皮》《周而复始》，小说《月亮与六便士》等。
【译者简介】
冯瀚辰
任教于中央戏剧学院，艺术学博士，先后在纽约和伦敦访学进修。长期从事剧场研究与创作实践，2023年获田汉戏剧理论奖。
【 Content Introduction 】
The witty lines are sharp and profound, and the belly laughs are also full of tears. This is the charm of Maugham's plays!
There was a time when Maugham's plays were performed simultaneously in all the great theatres of London, a spectacle that perhaps no one except Shakespeare had ever achieved.
"The only thing we learn from the experience of others is that we learn nothing."
Unexpected storyline, superb dramatic skills, reading Maugham is a required course for screenwriters
Maugham's plays cover a wide range of subjects. In addition to hilarious comedies, his discussions on serious topics also greatly extended the literary life of his plays. This book selects five of Maugham's most representative works of different styles: Sheppie the Sweeney is a magical satire, which is also Maugham's last play; Sacred Love Fire is an ethical drama wrapped in suspense, discussing the destinies of love and death. "Home Beauty" is a hilarious farce; "Round and Round" is a light-hearted play, but also the most frequently performed one of Maugham's works, listed in the British National Theatre proposed one of the 100 classic plays of the 20th century; The Letter is a melodrama with colonial reflections. We can catch a glimpse of the witty and acrid Maugham between the lines, but also see him in the cycle of self-tugging to explore the way out of social suffering, moral dilemmas and spiritual crises.
【 About the author 】
William Somerset Maugham
English novelist and playwright, born in Paris. He studied medicine at St Thomas' Medical School in London, but abandoned it for literature. His representative works include the plays "Shappi the Barber", "Round and Round", and the novel "The Moon and Sixpence".
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Feng Hanchen
He taught at the Central Academy of Drama and received a doctorate in Fine Arts in New York and London. He has been engaged in theater research and creative practice for a long time and won the Tian Han Drama Theory Award in 2023.
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