王慶芳(1939-)亂彈戲曲演員與講戲先生。三歲過繼予王進、潘清金,爾後跟隨養父母學習亂彈戲。七歲入行成為亂彈戲班童伶,先後進入「明興社」、「南華陞」、「慶貴春陞」、「永吉祥」、「新全陞」、「新興陞」、「老新興」、「再復興」等。1952年取藝名為「王劍芳」,並在「老新興」參與排戲工作,逐漸養成講戲先生的能力。1960年與妻子李春蘭結婚,1971年老新興解散,夫婦離開老新興後,曾加入「東亞歌劇團」、「永昌」、「新永安」、「新榮鳳」、「金興社」、「德泰」、「新永光」等。直到1994年末進入「榮興客家採茶劇團」至今。2018年被登錄為「苗栗縣傳統表演藝術—亂彈戲曲-保存者」,2020年被登錄為「文化部文化資產局重要傳統表演藝術—亂彈戲-保存者」。
WANG Qing-Fang (1939-) is an opera actor and a lecturer. He was adopted by WANG Jin and PAN Qing-Jin at the age of three, and then followed his adoptive parents to learn Luan-Tan operas. He became a child actor in the Luan-Tan opera troupe at the age of seven and successively joined in a number of troupes, e.g. "Ming-Cing Club," "Nan-Hua-Sheng," "Qing-Gui-Chun-Sheng," "Yong-Ji-Xiang," "New Quan-Sheng," "Xin-Xing-Sheng," "Old Xin-Xing," "Re-Revival," etc. In 1952, WANG Qing-Fang took "WANG Jian-Fang" as stage name and participated in opera arrangement work in "Old Xin-Xing" troupe, where he gradually developed the competence of tell operas. He married his wife LI Chun-Lan in 1960. In 1971, Old Xin-Xing disbanded, so the couple left Old Xin-Xing and successively joined in troupes, e.g. "East Asia Opera Troupe," "Yong-Chang," "XIN Yong-An," "Xin Rong-Feng," "Jin-Xing-She," "De-Tai," "New Yong-Guang," etc. Until the end of 1994, he joined in "Rong-Xing Hakka Tea Picking Troupe" till now. In 2018, he was registered as "Preserver of Miaoli County Traditional Performing Arts-Luan-Tan Opera," and in 2020, he was registered as "Preserver of Important Traditional Performing Art, Luan-Tan Opera,” by the Bureau of Cultural Assets, Ministry of Culture.