On Huizhu Sun And The Social Performance Studies Of China

Huizhu Sun is a quite accomplished playwright and drama theorist of theatrical circles in contemporary China. He established the subject with Chinese characteristics——Social Performance Studies, and he put forward the view of researching Cross-Cultural Drama from a historical perspective firstly. As the first man who has got a master’s degree in Drama Theory in China’s mainland, Huizhu Sun has made a great contribution in analyzing the dramatic structure with two thousand and five hundred years history in Western Countries and the theatre’s nature of modern dramas. The content and form of the plays created and adapted by Huizhu Sun, such as＜Lao B Hanging On The Wall＞、＜The Chinese Dream＞、＜Hedda Gabler＞and＜The King Oedipus>, are leading the transformation and breakthrough in the development of Chinese drama. Meanwhile, these plays have created an equal and innovative platform for cultural communication between China and the West. Based on the research of Huizhu Sun’s dramatic theories and works, we could discover that the theory of Social Performance Studies and Cross-Cultural Theatrical Practice has a certain referential and enlightening significance on the development of Chinese drama in the future. And Focus Media and Chinese opera elements will strongly promote the steady and innovative development of Chinese drama.