One-sided and Distorted Dramas ——On the development of the Chinese dramas from 1949 to 1976

Like any other styles of literary writing, the drama writing in the New China from 1949 to 1976 followed an abnormal road from eulogy to distortion. As there were more and more taboos for realistic dramas, some dramatists with unique characters turned to probe into historical dramas. That was why from the end of 50s to the beginning of 60s, there was a climax of creation of historical dramas represented by Lao She's Teahouse and Tian Han's Guan Hanqin. [