That night, the Songpa Library in Shihu Hutong was very lively, and many members of the Crescent Moon Society came.

Xu Zhimo was particularly excited, and it didn't take long for Lin Zixuan to understand the reason, it turned out that Lin Huiyin and her father were here.

After coming to Beiping, Lin Zixuan met Lin Huiyin a few times and chatted a few words, but he didn't have a deep friendship, and they didn't know each other too well, that is, they visited some scenic spots together in London a few years ago.

There was no more contact in between.

These issues of "New Moon" magazine have published Lin Huiyin's poems and essays, which have received a lot of praise from the literary circles.

There are more sought after ingredients, after all, it is not easy for a female poet to appear in this era, you have to love, and no man will criticize the scenery.

Lin Zixuan hopes that she can go further and further on the road of female poets.

At this time, Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng already had the meaning of getting along, Lin Huiyin graduated from Peihua Girls' School, and the two planned to study in the United States in June to study architecture.

Lin Zixuan thought that his sister Lin Xiaoling was also going to study in the United States, and it would be good to have someone she knew to take care of each other on the way to the United States.

He and Lin Huiyin agreed to take a cruise ship from Shanghai to the United States in June.

The reason why tonight is so lively is because they are rehearsing a play, Tagore's lyrical drama Zidra.

This was Xu Zhimo's idea, and on May 7, Tagore's 64th birthday, the members of the Crescent Society prepared to present this poetry play to Tagore as a birthday present.

The so-called poetry drama is a script written in the style of poetry.

In addition to the prose form of the stage prompts, the characters' lines are all in the form of poems, so the characters' lines are poetic and intensely lyrical. The language is concise, subtle, fluent, and pays attention to rhyme and rhythm.

For example, Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Goethe's "Faust".

Rabindranath Tagore's Zidra is based on a story from the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

It tells the love story of Ashuna, the prince of the Bandu tribe, and Zidra, the princess of Manipu.

There are nine performances in the whole poetic drama. It's all in English, which requires the actor to have very good English skills. It is also necessary to have a certain amount of stage performance experience in order to master this type of production.

In this poetic drama, Lin Huiyin plays the princess Zidra, Zhang Xinhai plays the prince Ashuna, Xu Zhimo plays the goddess of love Madana, Lin Changmin plays the spring god Vasenta, and Liang Sicheng serves as the stage set designer.

Zhang Xinhai is a native of Haiyan, Zhejiang, and was born in Shanghai.

In 1916, he was admitted to the Tsinghua Academy in Beijing and graduated with honors two years later. He also went to the United States to study English literature at Harvard University, and served as an attaché of the Chinese delegation at the Washington Conference in 1921.

He received a doctorate in English literature in 1922 and became a professor of Western literature at Tsinghua University after returning to China.

Xu Zhimo wanted to play the role of the prince and have a love affair with the princess, but Liang Sicheng didn't agree.

Lin Zixuan watched the small friction between the three of them during the rehearsal, and felt that it was very interesting, more interesting than poetry and drama.

The most depressed is probably Zhang Xinhai, the actor of the prince, who is completely an outsider. Pulled to make up the numbers.

In Beiping, the members of the Crescent Society are aware of the complicated relationship between the three men.

Xu Zhimo has a deep love for Lin Huiyin, and Lin Huiyin is about to leave, and Liang Sicheng regards Xu Zhimo as his number one rival.

Fortunately, there was Lin Huiyin's father at the scene. Otherwise, the three of them don't know what will happen.

Zhang Xinhai complained about this, he didn't want to participate in it, in rehearsals. Once he and Lin Huiyin had physical contact, they would be glared at by the other two.

This is a poetry drama with a love theme!

There was no holding hands. No hugs, no intimate movements. How to show great love?

Lin Zixuan felt that this guy probably just wanted to take advantage, and now he can't take advantage of it, so he complained, but fortunately, this is an Indian poetry drama, not a Western drama, and there is no large-scale scene between men and women.

Lin Changmin was about to turn fifty, and it was impossible to keep rehearsing, so he left soon.

The next thing can be imagined, Xu Zhimo and Liang Sicheng are as vindictive as children, and Lin Huiyin is persuaded from them, which is completely like a love soap opera in later generations.

Zhang Xinhai really couldn't stand it and left directly, Lin Zixuan was also ready to go back to his room to sleep, and the other members of the Crescent Moon Society left one after another.

Lin Huiyin was also annoyed when she saw that the two of them didn't listen to persuasion, so she said a few cruel words.

This poetic drama is to surprise Tagore's birthday, and if it continues like this, there is no way to rehearse it.

The princess was ruthless, and Xu Zhimo and Liang Sicheng were honest.

However, Zhang Xinhai, who played the prince, has already left, and there is no way to continue the rehearsal.

Let Liang Sicheng play the prince, Xu Zhimo will definitely object, just like Xu Zhimo plays the prince, Liang Sicheng does not agree.

At this time, Xu Zhimo looked at Lin Zixuan, this poetry drama is going to be performed in the name of the Crescent Society, if Lin Zixuan plays it, the effect will be better, at least Lin Zixuan's fame is big enough.

It also seems to have enough respect for Tagore.

Xu Zhimo remembered that Lin Zixuan was a dramatist, wrote drama scripts, and acted in movies, and was versatile.

The most important thing is that he knows that Lin Zixuan is married, his wife is pregnant, and his family is happy, so at least he can rest assured.

So, he invited Lin Zixuan to play the role of a prince.

Liang Sicheng thought about it and didn't object, he knew something about Lin Zixuan.

Although it was rumored in Shanghai that Lin Zixuan had an affair with a Liyuan Xing, Lin Zixuan took a number of newspapers to court because of this incident, and finally asked the magazine under the Commercial Press to publicly apologize.

Presumably just tabloid rumors.

Lin Zixuan thought of Zhang Xinhai's helplessness just now, and directly refused.

You three keep playing, I don't have time to play a foursome with you.

Lin Huiyin knew what Lin Zixuan was worried about, and assured him that what happened just now would not happen again, and that he would rehearse well and give Tagore a wonderful performance.

Seeing the determined appearance of the three of them, Lin Zixuan agreed with the mentality of trying it out.

He has a search function in his brain, and he has no problem memorizing lines, and he watched their rehearsal just now, and he memorizes the position and intonation of speech, but it is easy to get started if he imitates it.

This surprised the other three, just by looking at it, they can remember the lines, don't be so genius, okay?

Lin Huiyin is wearing an Indian woman's robe, with a headscarf wrapped around her head, fluent in English, with a focused expression and smart eyes when performing, and she has a great talent for acting.

Lin Zixuan feels that even if she acts in a movie, she can become a star.

The poetry drama tells the love story of a prince and a princess, and naturally there are scenes of hugging each other.

Lin Zixuan was a little embarrassed, especially under the attention of the two men, he finally understood Zhang Xinhai's feelings just now.

Lin Huiyin was calm, leaning in Lin Zixuan's arms, and speaking the lines in an emotional tone, which was very professional as an actor.

Lin Zixuan thought that he couldn't express himself as a non-professional, so let's get out of the way, everything is for art.

So, the rehearsal continued. (To be continued.) )