《申報》 창간 초기에 게재된 上海 京劇戲園 (丹桂茶園, 金桂軒) 공연 관련 평론 내용 고찰

Abstract

This paper examines five dramatic criticisms published in the early 《Shenbao》 during the period from June 1872 to February 1873. These reviews are the <戲園雜談>⋅<戲館瑣談>⋅<觀劇小記>⋅<觀劇書所見>⋅<戲劇閑評> and they represent the earliest criticisms of the Shanghai’s Peking Opera published in a modern Chinese newspaper. As the title suggests, the authors attempted to deliver to the readers a lively and realistic description about the performances of Shanghai theaters; ‘DanguiChayuan, Jinguixuan’. Although the reviews are not lengthy, they succeed to depict the viewpoint of the authors in a clear and straight-forward manner, without any embellishments or exaggerations. In addition, they contain the impressions and evaluations of performances on part of the authors, which shows that they exhibit so-called “timelessness” and “informativity” which characterize modern-day reviews. These findings lead us to suggest that the five reviews discussed in the paper have historical value in examining the performances of ‘DanguiChayuan, Jinguixuan’ at the time.