Nguyển Cát Ngạc, pen name Nam Xương (1905-1958) was a popular

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in the 1930s. He is remembered as the author of the

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''Ổng Tây An Nam'' (The French Annamite, Monsieur Franco-Annamite) in 1931. This play satirized

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Vietnamese, through the character of Len, a young Vietnamese completely Frenchified after his studies in France.Vietnamese theater Đình Quang - 1999 Besides Vũ Đình Long, there were Nguyễn Hữu Kim, Tương Huyền, Nam Xương and particularly Vi Huyền Đắc. The most impressive plays were Bụn và VỢ (Friend and Wife, 1927), Một người thưa (An Extra Thumb, 1927), Hoàng Mộng Ðiệp ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nam, Xuong Vietnamese dramatists and playwrights 1905 births 1958 deaths 20th-century dramatists and playwrights