“Breaking dawn” looks at life during the feudal colonialism in Vietnam from 1923 to 1940, from the time when Phan Dang Luu worked at Thanh Ba Silkworm Center in Phu Tho to the time he became a revolutionary activist and one of the key leaders of the IndoChina Party, now the Communist Party of Vietnam. Artists of the Vietnam Reformed Opera Theater has revived the shining example of Phan Dang Luu and the great sacrifice of countless numbers of officials and party members during a difficult period of Vietnam’s revolution. Actor Quang Khai performed the role of Phan Dang Luu: “In the play, revolutionary activist Phan Dang Luu says that the Party must be close to the people and live with the people. This is a profound statement. Acting this role, I tried to express the spirit of the character to make the audience understand better our glorious national history and inspire patriotism and national pride among young people”.

Particularly, the producer enlisted the help of the HUB arts club to make the play more contemporary. Scriptwriter Chu Thom says the play optimizes typical features of traditional reformed opera to depict different spaces and historical periods: “It’s interesting to express such a modern topic in a folk theatre genre like Cai Luong or reformed opera. I like the way the producer set up the stage and got young people involved in the play. This will help the younger generation better understand national history. This is a successful play”.

“It’s a good play to welcome the 12^th National Party Congress. All the events of a historical period were successfully reflected in the play”, said a spectator.

Playwright Nguyen The Ky revealed great talent in reviving a difficult period of Vietnam’s revolution through revolutionary activist Phan Dang Luu, an outstanding intellect who had a great desire to fight oppression and win national independence and freedom. Phan Dang Luu was also an outstanding journalist, writer and theorist of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The play is an expression of the gratitude of the younger generation for their predecessors. Mr. Nguyen The Ky said: “Communists kept fighting for national liberation even during the most difficult period of Vietnam’s revolution. We need to uphold the spirit of the communists and contribute to national development for the goal of a prosperous people, strong country, equality, democracy, and civilization”.

The play “Breaking dawn” reminds Vietnamese people of the great sacrifices of their predecessors, who made great contribution to national construction and defense. Phan Dang Luu and other predecessor Party members are examples of patriotism and heroic sacrifice for the homeland.