我聽見了我的喘息聲/越來越薄弱/燈終于滅了/走進暗房的我/不再依附周遭的光束/剩下的只有聲音/純粹的聲音回蕩流傳/我聽見了我的聲音/金井鎖梧桐/長嘆空隨一陣風——孟小冬于彌留之際

“冬皇”傳奇 p

1939年一個薄涼的春夜。

北京城萬人空巷，一場梨園之爭讓皇城腳下的十里長安街空氣發燙。

長安大戲院，七成上座。這家位于西長安街的舞臺此時正在上演《桑園寄子》，端的是譚叫天和余叔巖的做派；表的是南北朝的兵荒馬亂、人情冷暖。家破弟亡的鄧伯道滿眼凄涼：“眼望著孤墳臺心酸難忍……”蒼涼嘹亮，場下票友竊竊私語：“譚老板這回可賣力啦。”    但燈光反打，亮相在民國“四大須生”譚富英眼前的，卻是他從藝多年少有的窘境：僅有七成的座位。

新新戲院，另一家同在西長安街且近在咫尺的劇院里座無隙地。鑼鼓開場，大軸《洪羊洞》。楊延昭為愛將之死而吐血，將星隕落，“老軍報二人在洪羊洞喪命，失了我左右膀難以飛行……”如泣如訴的沙嗓恰到好處，了無雌聲，場下喝彩如雷，連手巾也沒人拋了，“這位楊延昭，壓過鄧伯道去了！”

這位不讓前賢的楊延昭扮演者，就是孟小冬。

但要說譚富英“被壓”，也不恰當。其實，當時孟小冬剛出師余叔巖，聲勢正如日中天。有老戲迷評價：京劇大腕，互有短長。今日，譚富英對臺孟小冬，一邊雙出大軸《摘纓會》，壓軸《桑園寄子》，是大團圓的戲碼，一邊《洪羊洞》，擺的是蒼涼壯絕的演義。一出西皮，一出二黃，都是余派好戲，這場“對決”，應是百花競放，得益的是聽眾。

通常來說，真正老戲迷都是先到長安，聽譚富英的《桑園寄子》，再到新新聽孟小冬的《洪羊洞》。但要知道孟小冬體弱多病，輕易不演，又是余叔巖親自調教的嫡傳，因此，今日開演使“觀眾都先到新新，直到滿座牌掛出，買不到票，才有少數人遛到長安。孟小冬那邊買不到票，只好去聽譚富英吧！連這些臨時意外觀眾在內，長安賣了七成座。”已故劇評人丁秉

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