中西戏剧研究历来是中西文学与传统研究中的重要一环。而中西戏剧的差异是研究与比较中西戏剧,深入了解中西方文化的关键。文章结合中西方典型戏剧,以戏剧理论的角度分析了中西方戏剧的起源、内涵、外在形式,其中详细说明了两者在起源、叙事、结局、悲剧精神、受众和舞台表现几方面的差异。 Chinese and western drama has always been an important part of the study of Chinese and western literature and tradition. The difference between Chinese and Western drama is to study and compare Chinese and Western drama, in-depth understanding of the key to Chinese and Western cultures. This article analyzes the origin, connotation and external form of the western and central drama from the perspective of the drama theory. The article elaborates on the difference of the origin, the narration, the ending, the tragedy spirit, the audience and the stage performance .