今年五月,在纪念上海解放三十一周年的日子里,上海人民艺术剧院演出了沙叶新同志创作的剧本《陈毅市长》。它忠实地表达了上海人民对陈毅市长十分崇敬的感情。有位观众反映说:沙叶新同志把陈毅市长写活了,魏启明同志把陈毅市长演“神”了,而我也看“迷”了。陈毅市长豪迈大度的音容笑貌是那么亲切自然,几乎使我忘了是在看戏。这几句话恰当地表明了这个戏产生的艺术魅力。《陈毅市长》在剧本的选材立意、表现手法上是别开生面的,给观众以新鲜感,也为话剧创作提供了艺术探索的课题。沙叶新同志以他饱满的政治热情,生动诙谐的语言,为我们塑造了一位鲜明透亮的无产阶级革命家的艺术形象。作者从陈毅同志数十年的革命生涯中撷取了他在上海市长任内的一年多的生活素材,抓住了在上海这个特定环境中主人公和各种人物的关系,创造了作者心目中的这一个陈毅市长的艺术形象。有人说这个戏没有一个贯穿到底的故事情节,似感不足。我们倒认为这正是作者根据塑造人物的需要所寻求到的艺术手法。剧中十个生活横断面的组成,看来无联系,其实是以主人公的艺术形象为贯穿,表现改造“冒险家乐园”的一系列纷纭繁杂的斗争生活。主人公的思想、性格、命运的发展本身就是一个吸引人的故事。它以主人公在第一场演讲中所说的“……我倒要让他们看一看,到了上海之后,究竟是上海把我陈毅染黑了,还是我陈毅把 In May this year, in commemoration of the 31st anniversary of the liberation of Shanghai, Shanghai People’s Art Theater performed the script “Comrade Chen Yi” written by Comrade Sha Ye Xin. It faithfully expresses the feelings of Shanghai people admiring the Mayor Chen Yi. An audience reflected that Comrade Shai Yeh wrote the mayor of Chen Yi and that Comrade Wei Qiming performed the “deity” of the mayor of Chen Yi, and I also read the “fan”. The mighty nature of Chen Yi’s mayor is so gracious and natural that almost forgotten I was watching the show. These few words properly demonstrate the artistic charm generated by this play. “Mayor Chen Yi” in the selection of the script conception, performance is unique, giving the audience a fresh feeling, but also for the creation of drama provides the subject of artistic exploration. With his full of political enthusiasm and vivid witty language, Comrade Sha Ye Xin has shaped the artistic image of a bright and clear proletarian revolutionary. In his decades-long revolutionary career, Comrade Chen Yi captured more than a year of his life resources from the mayor of Shanghai. He captured the relationship between protagonists and various characters in this particular environment in Shanghai, and created the author’s mind In this one mayor Chen Yi’s artistic image. Some people say that this drama does not have a storyline throughout, does not seem like a feeling. We think that this is exactly the author’s artistic method sought after according to the needs of the characters. The composition of the cross-section of the ten lives of the play does not appear to be linked. In fact, it is based on the artistic image of the protagonist and shows a series of diverse and complicated struggles to transform “Adventureland”. The development of hero’s thought, character and destiny is an attractive story in itself. It is the protagonist in the first speech said "... ... I would like to let them have a look, to Shanghai, after all, Shanghai Chen Yi blacked me, or I Chen Yi