Hoàng Châu Ký (May 16, 1921 - January 31, 2008) from (; 1921 in

Hội An Hội An () is a city of approximately 120,000 people in Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. Along with the Cù Lao Chàm archipelago, it is part of the Cù Lao Chàm-Hội An Biosphere Reserve ...

, Quảng Nam,

Đà Nẵng Da Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons (, ) is the list of cities in Vietnam, fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the Western Pacific Ocean of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River (Vietnam), Hàn R ...

) was a cultural activist, revolutionary, writer, and researcher of Vietnamese folk theater. He was the first principal of the National Traditional Theatre School of Vietnam (now the Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema), former General Secretary of the Vietnam Association of Theatre Artists, and former Director of the Institute of Theatre under the Ministry of Culture. He made significant contributions to the research, preservation, development, and promotion of the art of

tuồng ''Hát tuồng'' (, Chữ Nôm: 咭從) or ''hát bội'' (, Chữ Nôm: 咭佩) is a form of Vietnamese theatre. Hát tuồng is often referred to as classical "Vietnamese opera" influenced by Chinese opera. Tuồng is distinct from the older h ...

. His daughter is the poet

Ý Nhi Hoàng Thị Ý Nhi (born 1944 in Hội An, Quảng Nam Province) is a Vietnamese poet.Ba Chung Nguyen, Kevin Bowen ''Six Vietnamese poets'' 2002- Page 246 "The Poets: Ý Nhi's given name is Hoàng Thị Ý Nhi. She was born on September 18, 1 ...

. He was an academic authority on

drama, in addition to setting new works such as a tuồng version of

Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage ...

's ''

Le Cid ''Le Cid'' is a five-act French tragicomedy written by Pierre Corneille, first performed in December 1636 at the Théâtre du Marais in Paris and published the same year. It is based on Guillén de Castro's play ''Las Mocedades del Cid''. Cast ...

'' with Jean Claude Bourbault.Influence du théâtre franc̜aise sur l'art dramatique Vietnamien - Page 169 Nguyễn Hoàng, Viện sân khấu (Vietnam), Service culturel et de Coopération. Ambassade de France à Hà nội - 1999 "... en scène français, avec la pièce Le Cid, non pas comme pièce du théâtre parlé, mais cette fois-ci remanié en tuông par Hoàng Châu Ky, et porté sur la scène par Jean Claude Bourbault â Quâng Nam-Dà Nâng. L'année dernière, en 1986, "

References

Vietnamese dramatists and playwrights 1921 births 2008 deaths 20th-century dramatists and playwrights {{playwright-stub