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Abstract The group of amateur performers was an extremely active community in the circle of modern Shanghai drama in modern China. Charity performance was a special situation in which amateur performers participated in social performances and it shouldered the responsibility of disaster relief. In order to cut down the expenditures， the best choice for charity performers was to invite amateur performers to support them at that time because of its characteristics of the large scale， the large number of participants and the limited funds. To the amateur performers， participating in charity performances could not only break through the limitations of personal self-entertainment， but also show their sense of social responsibility， and then their reputations could be enhanced. Amateur performers brought about the transition from “entertaining themselves” to “entertaining others” in both social recognition and individual psychology by completing charity performances. During this process， Shun Pao and some other mass media played an important role of publicizing， which made the public’s enthusiasm for the pursuit of theater tickets continue to rise， further promoting the development of the drama market in Shanghai.
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Received: 17 September 2020
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2020, Vol. 59 
