Frontiers of Theatre Studies
FTS, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026, pp.102-110.
Print ISSN: 3106-8073; Online ISSN: 3106-8081
Journal homepage: https://www.ftsjournal.com
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64058/fts260111sdadf
外国戏剧经典的本土化改编及传播：以达里奥·福的《一个无政府主义者的意外死亡》为例
赖日升（Lai Risheng）
摘要：本文以达里奥·福《一个无政府主义者的意外死亡》在华巡演与本土化创编为线索，探讨外国戏剧经典在异文化语境中的再生机制。文章首先梳理福剧根植意大利底层经验、以荒诞笑声揭露权力腐败的审美基因，指出其与中国“五四”讽刺传统及九十年代社会情绪的高度契合，为跨文化接受奠定价值基础。继而聚焦孟京辉1998版改编：通过“疯子”身份重置、京津方言快板与“拼爹”等本土段子的植入，原剧对警察体制的尖锐控诉被温和化为对普遍官僚荒诞的调侃，既保留批判精神，又贴合中国观众趣味与政策语境。论文进一步考察福式“反叛”叙事与街头即兴技巧对中国先锋戏剧的结构性启发，揭示本土化并非简单移植，而是在语言、身体与空间三重维度完成创造性转换。本文认为，该剧旨在昭示外国戏剧在华成功传播的三项核心经验：立足本土社会议题、组建高水平译介与改编团队、守恒原作人民性与喜剧伦理；反向为中国戏剧走出去提供可行路径，即通过生活质感与跨文化对话实现“中国故事”的全球共享。这一路径亦要求创作者警惕文化折扣与意义稀释，在保留原作精神内核的前提下，以扎实的在地观察激活文本的生命力。唯有当改编成为双向理解的桥梁，而非单向裁剪的手术刀，跨文化戏剧实践才能真正抵达共情与共生。
关键词：达里奥·福；《一个无政府主义者的意外死亡》；改编；叙事伦理；戏剧传播
作者简介：赖日升，文学博士、博士后，南昌师范学院外国语学院讲师。研究方向：英美文学。电子邮箱：lrs12612411@163.com。
Title: A Study on the Domestic Adaptation and Dissemination of Foreign Classic Dramas: A Case Study of Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Abstract: Taking Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist and its touring, sinicized restaging in China as its thread, the paper investigates how a foreign theatrical classic is reborn in a heterogeneous cultural context. It first unpacks Fo’s aesthetic DNA—rooted in Italian subaltern experience and wielding grotesque laughter to unmask power—arguing that this vision dovetails with China’s May-Fourth satirical legacy and the social mood of the 1990s, thus laying a value foundation for cross-cultural reception. It then zeroes in on Meng Jinghui’s 1998 adaptation: by resetting the “madman” as genuinely insane, inserting Beijing-Tianjin clapper-jargon and locally viral jokes such as “competing dads,” the original indictment of police brutality is mellowed into a playful lampoon of universal bureaucratic absurdity, retaining critical punch while fitting Chinese audience tastes and policy constraints. The study further explores how Fo’s “rebellious” dramaturgy and street-improvisatory techniques structurally inspired China’s avant-garde theatre, revealing that localization is not transplant but a triple-dimensional creative transformation of language, body and space. The conclusion posits three core lessons for foreign drama to thrive in China: anchor issues in local social realities, build high-caliber translation-adaptation teams, and conserve the original’s popular appeal and comic ethics. Conversely, it offers Chinese theatre a feasible route outward: to globalize “Chinese stories” through lived texture and cross-cultural dialogue.
Keywords: Dario Fo; Accidental Death of an Anarchist; adaptation; narrative ethics; drama dissemination
Author Biography: Lai Risheng, Ph.D. in Literature, Lecturer at the School of Foreign Languages, Nanchang Normal University. Academic Interests: English and American Literature. E-mail: lrs12612411@163.com
Received: 24 Apr 2025 / Revised: 26 Apr 2026 / Accepted: 04 Jun 2026 / Published online: 30 May 2026 / Print published: 30 Jun 2026.
