The"Actor Poaching"Phenomenon in Chinese Theatrical Circles in the 1950s and 1960s
After the founding of the People's Republic of China,the CPC attempted to construct a new planned cultural system,aiming to incorporate the production,circulation,and consumption of popular culture into the na-tional plan.The phenomenon of actors freely moving among troupes and"poaching"from other troupes became an object of government regulation and management.In 1958 and 1960,the Ministry of Culture issued two docu-ments prohibiting"actor poaching"and the free movement of actors,but the practical effects were limited.The reasons behind this lay in the government's lack of sufficient economic resources to construct a cultural industry covered by the national plan and its inability to completely replace folk cultural traditions with the official ideology.The long-lasting"actor poaching"phenomenon reflects the complex tensions among planned management,ideology,and grassroots operations during this period,ultimately constraining the penetration of state ideology to the grassro-ots levels.
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