与欧洲各国相比较,美国戏剧基本上是沿着写实主义这条线发展过来的。正象美国路易斯维尔演员剧院院长乔恩·朱利所说的那样:“写实主义在美国就象一根松紧带,它拉紧以后,往往又弹回来,并获得新的力量。”美国第一代剧作家,如博西考特、波西、凯伊、贝拉斯库等,都是一些情节剧作家。他们写的都是通俗戏剧,由巡回剧团拿到各地去,为那些不愿看英国诗剧或者模仿品的观众上演。由于商业和经济原因,纽约逐渐发展成了美国的戏剧中心,并有了一些固定剧院,这时, Compared with other European countries, the American drama basically developed along the line of realism. As Jon Julie, the dean of the Louisville Actors Theater in the United States, puts it: “Realism in the United States is like an elastic and it tends to bounce back and gain new strength after it is tightened up.” The first Pre-opera writers, such as Bosscourt, Posey, Kay, Bellask, etc., are some of the melodrama writers. They write about popular plays, taken by tour companies, going for spectators who do not want to see British poetry or imitations. Due to commercial and economic reasons, New York gradually developed into a theater center in the United States, and has a number of fixed theaters, this time,