了不起的中國戲劇：鎖麟囊（英）

　　繪本改編自京劇《鎖麟囊》。登州富家小姐薛湘靈出嫁，婚期中途遇雨，在亭中暫避，巧遇另一出嫁新娘趙守貞。薛湘靈見趙守貞因身世貧苦凄涼而悲啼，遂以鎖麟囊相贈。六年后登州大水，薛湘靈和家人失散，漂流到萊州，入盧府成為盧家兒子的保姆。機緣巧合之下，薛湘靈在盧府的小樓里見到了當年送出的鎖麟囊，不覺感泣。原來盧夫人就是當年的趙守貞，她得知真相后，與薛湘靈結(jié)為姊妹，并幫助她一家團聚。書后配有相應(yīng)的劇種知識介紹。書中插圖從人物造型到環(huán)境布局，從亭臺樓閣到一草一木，都細膩傳神，充滿了古樸優(yōu)雅的意蘊，使讀者仿佛身臨“戲”境，具有極強的藝術(shù)感染力。The picture book is adapted from the Beijing Opera The Lucky Purse. Xue Xiangling， daughter of a wealthy family from Dengzhou， is getting married. She encounters rain in the middle of her way to the ceremony and takes shelter in a pavilion. She happens to meet another bride， Zhao Shouzhen. Xiangling sees that Shouzhen is crying because of her poverty and misery， so she gives Shouzhen a lucky purse. Six years later， when there are floods in Dengzhou， Xiangling and her family are separated and she follows the refugees to Laizhou， where she enters the Lu Mansion and becomes the nanny of the Lu family's son. By chance， Xiangling finds in a small building of the Lu Mansion the lucky purse that she gave all those years ago to Shouzhen; she can't help but bursts into tears. It turns out that Mrs. Lu was exactly Shouzhen. After the two women learn the truth， they becomes sworn sisters，and Shouzhen helps Xiangling's family reunite. At the end of the book are knowledges of Beijing Opera. The illustrations in the book， both charaters and scenery and all other details， are delicate， expressive， simple and elegant. With strong artistic appeal， the book makes readers feel as if they themselves are in the play.

　　翁偶虹 （1908—1994），著名戲曲作家、理論家、教育家、中央文史研究館館員，北京人。原名翁麟聲，筆名藕紅，后改為偶虹。翁偶虹先后于中華戲曲專科學校、中國京劇院任編劇。他曾為程硯秋、金少山、李少春、袁世海、葉盛蘭、童芷苓、黃玉華、吳素秋等演員以及中華戲曲?？茖W校、富連成科班編寫劇本，一生共編寫劇本 （ 包括移植、整理、改編 ）100 余出，其代表劇作有《鎖麟囊》《將相和》《響馬傳》《大鬧天宮》《李逵探母》《紅燈記》等。翁偶虹先生不僅是著名的戲劇家，還是難得的散文大家，其作品以優(yōu)美醇厚的散文筆法見長，《翁偶虹戲曲論文集》和《翁偶虹編劇生涯》是他晚年編撰的兩部專著。Known by his pen name Ouhong， Weng Linsheng （1908—1994） was a famous playwright， theorist， educator， and academician at the China Central Institute for Culture and History. Weng served as a playwright successively at the Zhonghua Traditional Opera Training School and China Beijing Opera Theater. He wrote a total of more than 100 plays （including transplantations， reorganizations， and adaptions） in his lifetime for numerous famous actors， including many popular pieces like The Lucky Purse， The General and the Prime Minister， Legend of the Bandit Heroes， Monkey King， Li Kui Visits His Mother and The Red Lantern. Weng was also a master of prose known for his elegant and mellow writing style. He compiled two monographs in his later years， namely Weng Ouhong’s Collected Essays on Traditional Opera and Weng Ouhong's Career as a Playwright.