Vũ Đình Long

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Vũ Đình Long

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.

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The Western-influenced style of "théâtre parlé" (kịch nói) was a departure from traditional Vietnamese theatre. [1] Long's play Chén thuốc độc was performed on the Hanoi Opera House stage on the evening of October 20, 1921. [2] The play was performed by the Văn hóa (Culture) drama company. [3] [4] Vũ Đình Long, like the younger Nam Xương, adopted western techniques, but retained an idealization of Vietnamese patriarchal life. [5] [6] [7] In 1943 Long joined the Hội Văn hóa Cứu quốc - the National Salvation Culture Society.

Works

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 painter Vũ Dân Tân.

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References

  1. The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama: Volume 2 - Page 1423 Gabrielle H. Cody, Evert Sprinchorn - 2007 "kich noi is the spoken drama of Vietnam. Developed in the early 20th ... A Cup of Poison (Chen thuoc doc, 1921) by Vu Dinh Long (1896- 1960), presented at the Hanoi Grand Theatre, was the first fully developed play. A man is given to ..."
  2. Time-sharing on stage: drama translation in theatre and society - Page 20 Sirkku Aaltonen - 2000 "Many European plays were performed in translation, and in 1921, the first Vietnamese play was written and performed (A Cup of Poison by Vu Dinh Long). "
  3. Viet Nam social sciences: Issues 1-6 Ủy ban khoa học xã hội Việt Nam - 2003 "The inauguration of the drama company "Uan Hoa" in the same year resulted in a number of dramas being staged in Hanoi. With "A cup of Poison" by Vu Dinh Long performed on the Hanoi stage on the evening of October 20, 1921, ..."
  4. Wandering through Vietnamese culture Hữu Ngọc - 2004 "The first play, which marked the maturity of the spoken drama, was "The Cup of Poison" written by Vu Dinh Long, which was represented toward 1921. The kich reached its apogee in 1937- 1938 thanks to the The'Lu and Tinh Hoa companies."
  5. Asian and African studies: Volume 9 Slovenská akadémia vied. Kabinet orientalistiky, Ústav orientalistiky (Slovenská akadémia vied) - 1974 "The first attempts at spoken drama (plays) were full of an idealization of Vietnamese patriarchal life (Vu Dinh Long, Nam Xuong)."
  6. Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre: O-Z Samuel L. Leiter - 2007 "Cup of Poison, The (Chen thuoc doc) (Vu Dinh Long), 329"
  7. Asian theatre journal: ATJ.: Volumes 3-5 Asian Theatre Program (University and College Theatre Association), Association for Asian Performance, JSTOR (Organization) - 1986 "But the first genuinely Vietnamese spoken play was The Cup of Poison (Chen thuoc doc) by Vu Dinh Long (1901-1960), which was published in 1921 ..."
  8. The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia - Page 578 Don Rubin - 1998 "The first spoken drama in Vietnamese was Chen thuoc doc (A Cup of Poison) by Vu Dinh Long (1901–60) in 1921. Another early dramatist of note was Nguyen Huy Tuong (1912–60), author of Vu Nhu To (1943), a famous classic dealing with ..."
  9. Vietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920-1945 - Page 231 David G. Marr - 1984 "Vu Dinh Long, Dan Ba Moi [New Women] (Hanoi, 1944)... think they are content to be oppressed, proceeded to ..."