Cao Yu (19 10- 1996), whose real name is Wan Jiabao, is a playwright and drama educator in China. 19 10 was born in Qianjiang, Hubei, and was born in Tianjin on September 24th. Cao Yu was born in a feudal bureaucratic family. His father Wan Dezun served as Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief Li and Secretary to the President. Cao Yu's biological mother died young, and her stepmother loved drama. She often took Cao Yu to watch national dramas and civilized dramas. Cao Yu didn't go to primary school, stayed at home, recited classics and read history, but he often peeked at books such as A Dream of Red Mansions, The Water Margin and The West Chamber. Cao Yu spent his youth in Tianjin. Tianjin is an important town in the north, with developed commerce and convenient land and water transportation. Cao Yu witnessed the atrocities of the imperialists here, and also saw the labor of many "high-level hooligans, high-level villains" and "coolies", and heard the voice of selling children and girls coming from the alley late at night. This has played a great role in the formation of Cao Yu's anti-imperialist and patriotic thoughts and creative tendencies all his life, and also provided materials and character prototypes for some of his works. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/922, Cao Yu entered Nankai Middle School. This is a school with a democratic spirit. Nankai New Troupe was a famous campus troupe in China at that time. 1925, Cao Yu joined Nankai New Troupe and became an important backbone. On the one hand, he performed classical masterpieces, such as Moliere's Miser and Ibsen's Public Enemy. On the other hand, he created a new drama on current affairs and carried out democratic propaganda and agitation. Around this time, he read a lot of new literary works since the May 4th Movement. He once said that the works of Lu Xun, Guo Moruo and others made him "excited", more than Ibsen he liked. Because these works "aroused his concern about social problems in China". 1928 Cao Yu was promoted to the Department of Political Science of Nankai University. From 65438 to 0929, he was transferred to the Department of Western Literature in Tsinghua University. But he spent most of his time in libraries and stacks, greedily studying world famous works, especially the Greek tragedies and dramas of W. Shakespeare, E. O 'Neill, ап Chekhov and others. At the same time, I often go to Guanghe Building with my friends to enjoy the performances of famous Peking Opera artists and go to Tianqiao to listen to Quyi. Cao Yu also dabbled in some philosophical works of the East and the West. He "read Laozi, Buddhism and the Bible" and praised Plato's "magical utopia". He sympathized with Schopenhauer's deep melancholy about life, and loved Nietzsche's abundant vitality and superman thought. Both Solomon's wisdom and Jesus' sincere love for mankind made him sigh and admire. However, as an artist, he was moved by the spirit of these philosophers, but he did not become a prisoner of any kind of philosophical thought. He felt that "this society must change", so he wanted to "find a way" to solve the "serious problems" he felt in China society. But after reading these philosophical works, the answer is still "inexplicable." However, his persistent and passionate spirit of seeking was cast in his early works, which enhanced the ideological connotation and appeal of his works. 1988165438+10 In October, Cao Yu was elected as the executive chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles at the Fifth Congress of the Federation of Chinese Literary and Art Circles. Thunderstorm was written on 1933. Two years ago, the September 18th Incident of Japanese invasion of China just broke out. The whole country set off an anti-Japanese upsurge. Cao Yu also actively participated in anti-Japanese propaganda. Lu Dahai in Thunderstorm is the shadow of a thoughtful and intelligent young worker Cao Yu met in Baoding.

At that time, many excellent plays by Ibsen, a famous Norwegian writer, which exposed social darkness and pursued the liberation of human nature and women, had been introduced to China. Ibsen's thought had a great influence on Cao Yu. His graduation thesis in Tsinghua University was on Ibsen written in English. In addition, the plays of Shakespeare and ancient Greece also had a far-reaching influence on Cao Yu. Thunderstorm is Cao Yu's first artistic life, and it also marks the maturity of modern drama. The publication of Thunderstorm shocked the literary world. At this time, Cao Yu was only 22 years old. In addition, his four classic masterpieces Thunderstorm, Sunrise, Yuan Ye and Peking Man all appeared on thousands of stages in various ways and were deeply interpreted by different people.

Thunderstorm makes full use of the "three unifications". The story of eight characters from two families in just one day involves past grievances, and it is still confusing. In the narrow stage, it not only highlights the contradiction between ethics and class, but also highlights the strong disharmony between individuals and the environment and the times, and completes the characterization in various fierce conflicts. In fact, tragedy has long been lurking in every line and every foreshadowing, and it only broke out at the last minute, turning into a downpour, which shocked everyone's soul extremely strongly.

The script is characterized by gripping plot, concise and implicit language, distinctive characters and extremely rich subtext. Like a sharp sword, it glides slowly on the reader's heartstrings, and the lingering sound does not stop. Thunderstorm pays special attention to sound and color effects in the description of natural scenery and portraits, and does not hesitate to express it with strong colors. At the same time, pay attention to the exaggerated treatment of the voice, smell and eyes of the characters.