“杀子报”是解放之初中央文化部明令禁演的二十六个戏曲剧目中的一个。这个戏不仅人民政府禁演它,连国民党政府,北洋军阀政府,甚至满清政府都曾禁过它。然而,这个戏就没有因为政府禁而消灭。过去反动政府禁演它,艺人把它改了个名儿叫“油罈记”(因尸体藏在油罈内),或者叫“好心的先生”(因塾师为徒儿被杀伸冤),照样演出。人民政府禁演它,它在某些地方也仍然在偷偷地演出。我看了群声河北梆子剧团演出的“杀子报”。据说这是河北梆子的老剧目之一,京剧、评剧及其他 The Killer was one of the twenty-six drama repertoires banned by the Central Ministry of Culture during the liberation. In this drama, not only the people’s government banned it, even the Kuomintang government, the Beiyang warlord government, and even the Manchu government banned it. However, the show was not eliminated by the government ban. In the past, the reactionary government banned it. The entertainer changed his name to “Oil Tanji” (because the body was hidden in the oil altar), or “kind sir” (as a result of being kidnapped and innocent) show. The people’s government banned it, and in some places it still secretly performed. I saw a group of Hebei shizi opera troupe performed “kill sub”. It is said that this is one of the old repertoire of Hebei Bangzi, Beijing Opera, Pingju and others