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Art Theatre Society

The united front organization of the first progressive dramatist under the direct leadership of the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of China in the Tongtong District
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Art Theatre Society“ Shanghai Art Theatre Society ”。 Founded in November 1929 Shanghai
Chinese name
Art Theatre Society
Alias
Shanghai Art Theatre Society
Date of establishment
November 1929
Place of establishment
Shanghai
Role
The theoretical publicity and artistic practice of the society opened the prelude to the left-wing drama movement and prepared the conditions for the establishment of the Chinese left-wing dramatists' union
Seizure time
April 1930
person in charge
Xia Yan and Zheng Boqi
Activity significance
The main leaders are Xia Yan and Zheng Boqi, the members are Feng Naichao, Qian Xingyou, Meng Chao, Yang Binen, Ye Chen, Xu Xingzhi, Shen Xiqin, and a large number of young people who love drama, such as Zhu Guang, Shi Linghe, Chen Boer, Situ Huimin, Wu Yinxian, etc. This society is the first united front organization of progressive drama writers under the direct leadership of the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of China in the same region. After its establishment, it proposed that revolutionary intellectuals should be determined to stand on the proletariat's position.
The agency has performed such plays as Roman Roland's The Struggle for Love and Death, Sinclair's The Gentleman on the Beam, Mrs. Milton's The Man in the Pit, and Raymark's No War on the Western Front. It has also held drama workshops and organized mobile drama teams to perform in Dingren District for many times, which has effectively cooperated with the struggle against the cultural "encirclement and suppression" of the Kuomintang, The society also published "Drama Thesis" and other revolutionary drama theoretical works, as well as its journals "Art" and "Sharon", which put forward the slogan of "Proletarian Drama" (proletarian drama), advocating that dramatists should stand on the side of the proletariat, link drama with the people's revolution, and "represent their own class's feelings, desires, and ideas", "To create people's own dramas".
Its theoretical propaganda and artistic practice opened the prelude to the left-wing drama movement China League of Left wing Dramatists The founding of the National People's Congress prepared the conditions for its closure by the National Government in April 1930. [1-2]