问:我们赞成你们组织专家组成评委会评选梅花奖,但评选的群众基础如何? 答:梅花奖是采取专家与群众相结合的办法来评选的。每一届的评选,都是先在第十二期《戏剧报》上附印读者推荐意见表,同时又多次召开戏剧界内外的读者和观众座谈会,广泛征求应届梅花奖候选人的意见。评委会在这个基础上,根据“五不照顾”的原则,进行反复讨论、评比之后,用无记名投票选出梅花奖获奖者。因此,梅花奖的评选,既有广泛群众基础,获奖者真正为群众所热爱,并在观众中享有威望,同时又有专家的严肃评议,保证了评奖的科学性和高水平。从历届选出的获奖者所获得的声誉来看,他们 Q: We are in favor of organizing experts to make up the jury’s prize for the Plum Blossom Prize. However, what are the mass bases for the selection? A: The Plum Blossom Prize is judged by a combination of experts and the masses. The selection of each session is preceded by the printed version of the Reader’s Suggestion Form printed in the Twelfth Theatricals, as well as a series of symposiums of readers and spectators both inside and outside the theater community to solicit the opinions of the candidates for the upcoming Plum Blossom Awards . On this basis, the jury will hold the winners of the Plum Blossom Prize by secret ballot after repeated discussions and assessments based on the principle of “five non-cares”. Therefore, the plum prize selection, both on a broad mass basis, the winners really loved by the masses, and enjoy prestige in the audience, while serious criticism of experts to ensure that the awards of scientific and high standards. Judging from the reputation gained by the previous winners, they are