文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

李少芸

大字係領域(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

Lee Siu Wan

1916年–2002年

領域:作家與觀點論述者

繁體中文

李少芸原名李秉達,廣東新會七堡鄉人,1916年生於書香世家,自小飽讀詩書,又醉心廣東音樂與粵曲,經常參加廣州的音樂社團演出。他沒有正式拜師,卻憑深厚的文學根柢轉而執筆寫粵劇劇本,首作《歸來燕》獲名伶薛覺先賞識,被納入覺先聲劇團的戲寶之列,其後再為該團寫下《陌路蕭郎》、《花街慈母》、《三月杜鵑魂》、《曹子建》、《妒雨酸風》、《再度劉郎》等劇。他一生編撰的名劇甚多,包括何非凡主演的《風雨泣萍姬》、新馬師曾主演的《光緒皇夜祭珍妃》、紅線女主演的《紅白牡丹花》、任劍輝主演的《真假武潘安》,以及由妻子余麗珍擔綱的《蟹美人》。除編劇外,他亦長於組班,先後主理大鳳凰、麗士、頌新聲等粵劇團:大鳳凰以薛覺先、馬師曾、白玉堂、余麗珍、任劍輝等為台柱,名劇有《帝苑春心化杜鵑》;麗士以余麗珍為主將;頌新聲則以林家聲為台柱,名劇有《連城壁》。1950年起他投身電影編劇,至1970年累積約一百五十個電影劇本,不少由舞台名劇改編,如《蟹美人》(1957)、《風雨泣萍姬》(1963),題材多以東西宮鬥爭為主,開創「無頭東宮」、「鍾無艷」等神怪粵劇片先河。他先後創辦友利、大鳳凰與麗士影片公司,其中麗士以《四郎探母》(1959)創業,1959至1967年間出品近一百部影片,多為保存傳統排場功架的粵劇電影,如《金鳳斬蛟龍》(1961)、《金鐧怒碎銀安殿》(1962)、《龍鳳爭掛帥》(1967),也有《冷秋薇》(1963)、《木屋沙甸魚》(1965)等時裝片。麗士最後一部為《賣當借》(1967),而參與電影工作的告別作則是1970年公映、與司徒安合編的《不敢回家嘅少女》。八十年代他退出藝壇,隨家人移居加拿大,2002年7月21日在多倫多病逝。

English

Lee Siu-wan, born Lee Bing-tat in 1916 in Xinhui, Guangdong, came from a scholarly family steeped in classical learning, Cantonese music and opera. Without formal training, he turned his literary grounding to writing Cantonese opera libretti. His first work, Returning Swallow, won the approval of the celebrated actor Sit Kok-sin and entered the repertoire of his Kok Sin Sing troupe, for which Lee went on to write The Stranger on a Lonely Road, Mother of the Flower Street, The Cuckoo's Soul in March and others. Among his many stage works were Rain and Wind Weeping for Ping-ji for Ho Fei-fan, Emperor Guangxu's Midnight Mourning for Sun-ma Sze-tsang, The Red and White Peony for Hung Sin-nui, The True and False Wu Pan-an for Yam Kim-fai, and The Crab Beauty for his wife, the opera star Yu Lai-zhen. Besides writing, he ran the Tai Fung Wong, Lai Si and Chung San Sing companies, the first built around Sit Kok-sin and Ma Si-tsang among others, Lai Si around Yu Lai-zhen, and Chung San Sing around Lam Ka-sing. From 1950 he turned to film screenwriting and by 1970 had written some 150 screenplays, many adapted from his own stage hits such as The Crab Beauty (1957) and Rain and Wind Weeping for Ping-ji (1963). Their palace-strife plots launched the headless-empress and Zhong Wuyan supernatural opera-film cycles. He founded the Yau Lee, Tai Fung Wong and Lai Si film companies; Lai Si alone released nearly a hundred pictures between 1959 and 1967, among them The Golden Phoenix Slays the Dragon (1961) and Dragon and Phoenix Vie for Command (1967), preserving traditional Cantonese opera staging and acrobatics, as well as modern-dress titles. He retired in the 1980s, emigrated to Canada with his family, and died in Toronto on 21 July 2002.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

編劇、監製

年期Active period

1916年–2002年

代表作Notable works

《歸來燕》《陌路蕭郎》《花街慈母》《三月杜鵑魂》《風雨泣萍姬》《光緒皇夜祭珍妃》

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1950

開始投身電影編劇工作,其後二十年間累積約一百五十個電影劇本。

Began writing for the cinema in 1950, accumulating about 150 screenplays over the following two decades.

1959

創辦麗士影片公司,以《四郎探母》創業,1959至1967年間出品近一百部影片。

Founded Lai Si Film Company in 1959 with Four Sons Visit Their Mother; it released nearly a hundred films between 1959 and 1967.

1967

麗士出品最後一部影片《賣當借》,其後逐步退出影片製作。

Lai Si released its last film, Sell, Pawn and Borrow, in 1967, after which he gradually withdrew from production.

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

李少芸集編劇、班政與製片於一身,是二十世紀中期香港粵劇與粵語片之間的重要橋樑。他把大量舞台名劇搬上銀幕,《蟹美人》、《風雨泣萍姬》等戲寶因而得以影像留存。他主理的麗士影片公司在八年間出品近一百部作品,保存了粵劇的傳統排場與功架。他開創的神怪宮闈片系列,也影響了日後粵語片對無頭東宮等題材的處理。

English

Combining playwright, troupe manager and producer, Lee Siu-wan was a vital bridge between Cantonese opera and Cantonese cinema in mid-twentieth-century Hong Kong. He brought many stage hits to the screen, preserving gems such as The Crab Beauty and Rain and Wind Weeping for Ping-ji on film. His Lai Si Film Company released nearly a hundred titles in eight years, safeguarding the traditional staging and acrobatics of the opera. The supernatural palace-film cycle he launched also shaped how later Cantonese films handled themes like the headless empress.

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