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Vũ Đình Long (19 December 1896 - 14 August 1960) was a Vietnamese dramatist noted for the first western style spoken play in Vietnamese - ''A cup of Poison'' in 1921.
The Western-influenced style of "théâtre parlé" (kịch nói) was a departure from traditional Vietnamese theatre. Long's play ''Chén thuốc độc'' was performed on the
Vũ Đình Long (19 December 1896 - 14 August 1960) was a Vietnamese dramatist noted for the first western style spoken play in Vietnamese - ''A cup of Poison'' in 1921.
The Western-influenced style of "théâtre parlé" (kịch nói) was a departure from traditional Vietnamese theatre. Long's play ''Chén thuốc độc'' was performed on the Hanoi Opera House
The Hanoi Opera House (french: Opéra de Hanoï), or the Grand Opera House ( vi, Nhà hát lớn Hà Nội, french: Grand Opéra) is an opera house in central Hanoi, Vietnam. It was erected by the French colonial administration between 1901 and 191 ...
stage on the evening of October 20, 1921. The play was performed by the Văn hóa (Culture) drama company. Vũ Đình Long, like the younger Nam Xương Nguyển Cát Ngạc, pen name Nam Xương (1905-1958) was a popular Vietnamese playwright in the 1930s. He is remembered as the author of the comedy ''Ổng Tây An Nam'' (The French Annamite, Monsieur Franco-Annamite) in 1931. This play satirize ...
, adopted western techniques, but retained an idealization of Vietnamese patriarchal life. In 1943 Long joined the Hội Văn hóa Cứu quốc - the National Salvation Culture Society.
Works
* ''Chén thuốc độc'' A cup of Poison 1921 * ''Toà án lương tâm'' (kịch, 1923) * ''Đàn bà mới'' New Women 1944Vietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920-1945 - Page 231 David G. Marr - 1984 "Vu Dinh Long, Dan Ba Moi ew Women(Hanoi, 1944)... think they are content to be oppressed, proceeded to ..." * ''Tổ quốc trên hết'' - Fatherland Above All (screenplay, 1953) His collected works were published as ''Tuyển tập kịch Vũ Đình Long'' by NXB. Hội nhà văn, 2009. He also wrote textbooks, ''Thế giới trẻ em'' (1927) ''Quốc âm độc bản'' (1932).Family
His son was the painterVũ Dân Tân
Vũ Dân Tân (3 October 1946 in Hanoi – 14 October 2009) was a Vietnamese artist who produced works in various media but was better known for his art objects and installation art. Most of his life he lived in Hanoi, where in 1990, together ...
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vu, Dinh Long 1896 births 1960 deaths Vietnamese dramatists and playwrights 20th-century dramatists and playwrights