本论文以沪剧现代戏为研究对象，着重研究沪剧在现代戏创作上的成就与经验，并不是一部沪剧现代戏史的研究。

The thesis takes Modern Opera of Huju as the research object, focusing on at Modern Opera of Huju on the achievements and experience, not research of its history.

正在这里看书的一位老大爷退休之前是唱沪剧的，看到这么多外国朋友到来，他还即兴演唱了一段。

This old man who reading used to be a Hu Opera singer before he retired. When he realized the Australian had come such a long way, he sang a piece of Hu opera just for them.