On this day, 70 years ago, on August 29, 1955 (July 12, 1955 in the lunar calendar), dramatist Hong Shen passed away. Hong Shen Hong Shen (1894-1955) was a China playwright and director. The word is shallow. He is from Changzhou, Jiangsu. In 1916, he went to the aesthetic porcelain burning project and later switched to drama. He returned to China in 1922 and engaged in drama activities in Shanghai. He successively led the Drama Society and Fudan Drama Society, and participated in the Nanguo Society. In 1925, China's first screenplay "Shentu Shi" was published. In the same year, he entered Star Film Company and successively directed and directed "Young Madam's Fan","Singer Girl Red Peony","Peach Blossom after the Robbery","The Rooster Crows Early to Watch the Sky" and other films. Participated in the left-wing theater movement in the early 1930s. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he led the Shanghai National Salvation Drama Team No. 2 to the mainland, and later participated in the preparation of an anti-enemy drama team in Wuhan and actively promoted anti-Japanese national salvation drama activities. He has successively written scripts such as "King of Hell Zhao","Wukui Bridge","Fragrant Rice" and "Bao Dexing", which have made significant contributions to the formation of modern drama in China and the improvement of the artistic level of theater. At the same time, he has taught at Fudan University, Jinan University, Shandong University, Sun Yat-sen University, and Shanghai Experimental Theater School for a long time. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served successively as director of the Foreign Cultural Liaison Bureau, vice president of the Foreign Cultural Association, and vice chairman of the China Drama Association. There are four volumes of "Selected Works of Hong Shen" that are published in the world. He died on August 29, 1955. China's first sound film "Red Peony" was written by Hong Shen and starred by Hu Die