廖可兑(1915-2001),湖北武昌人,中国著名的戏剧教育家、欧美戏剧专家,生前任中央戏剧学院教授、奥尼尔戏剧研究中心主任,在古希腊悲剧、西欧戏剧和美国戏剧等研究领域具有很高的造诣。他的代表作《西欧戏剧史》(1981)纵横西欧两千多年,内容丰富,材料详实,填补了国内西方戏剧史研究的空白,是一部影响久远的经典著作,时至今日,仍然是人文艺术学科及专业剧团的必读书籍。尤其令人难忘的是,廖先生晚年坚持不懈地致力于中 Liao Ke Dui (1915-2001), Hubei Wuchang, a famous Chinese drama educator, European and American theater experts, former professor of the Central Academy of Drama, director of the O’Neill Theater Research Center, in the ancient Greek tragedy, Western drama and American theater and other research areas With high attainments. His masterpiece “The History of Western Europe” (1981), which spanned more than two thousand years in Western Europe, was rich in content and detailed in material. It filled the gap in the study of the history of western drama in China and was a classic book that has a long history. Today, Art disciplines and professional theater must-read books. Particularly memorable is that Mr. Liao persevered in his later years committed to