Vietnamese drama artists, fans bewitched by Chinese plays

Works by Cao Yu in general and The Wilderness in particular have drawn great attention of both Vietnamese artists and audience due to their profound and humane content and stage performance.

"For me, the play is very meaningful. Watching the play, viewers can know how to live better, how to behave better in their families, sacrifice more and become less selfish," Lam Cuong, actor of the Vietnam National Drama Theater, who played Jiao Daxing in Kim Tu (The Wilderness), told Xinhua last Sunday.

One of Cuong's colleagues, actress Thu Ha, told Xinhua that she is deeply impressed by the family matters and ways of living raised by Cao Yu decades ago, but they remain relevant and meaningful in the present day.

Ha and Cuong's remarks were echoed by Kim Tu's director, Chua Soo Pong, a stage director from Singapore.

"The play of Cao Yu highlights the severe fight in people's mind and heart, so the audience can drawn valuable lessons for them," the Singaporean director told Xinhua in Chinese.

"With the Vietnamese adaption, we have added some Vietnamese elements in the clothing and dialogue, as well as focusing on the self-struggling and emotional contradictions of characters," stated the director.

Chua Soo Pong came to Vietnam and met Vietnamese famous actress Le Ngoc, founder of the Le Ngoc Drama Club, and they jointly developed the adaption of The Wilderness.