A Study On The Line Of Action Of Contemporary Operas

Modern Chinese opera differs from traditional and local Chinese opera. The differences include concepts and themes of these productions,but also professional skills of script writing. The most attracting two points are deepgoing roles shaping and compact plot setting of modern Chinese opera. Actually these points are all related to the influence of western modern theatre theory on Chinese opera. And specially considering about all the scripts,the differences which only belong to modern Chinese opera are the result that playwrights started exploring and using action line of characters to build the whole script.According to explanation of the theoretical notion of Chinese opera action line,this essay also analyses the feature of action line. Based on some outstanding modern Chinese operas,this essay classifies various kinds of action lines through different perspectives which involve the revelation of Chinese opera’ essence, roles shaping and plots setting. What’s more, this essay also discusses how to build action lines in order to provide more thoughts and space for scriptwriting. It may offer some suggestions for making more productions be showed on stage.