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Grief Of Fakhreddin
''Grief of Fakhreddin'' ( az, موصیبت فخرالدین, Müsibəti-Fəxrəddin) is a tragedy written by the Azerbaijani playwright Najaf bey Vazirov, Najaf bey Vezirov in 1896. This is the first tragedy in the Azerbaijani drama. In this work, the image of a young liberal nobleman, fighting against the patriarchal order, for the transformation of the landlord economy is created. History In 1902, for the first time in Baku, a collection of Najaf bey Vazirov, Najaf-bey Vezirovs was published, which included five of his plays, among which was the ''Grief of Fakhreddin''. The rest of the plays were: ''Heroes of the Present, The Invisible Man, Out of the Rain and Under the Downpour'' and ''A Picture of Home Education''. In the same year, the tragedy was staged under Vezirovs personal guidance and with the participation of such artists as Huseyn Arablinski and Huseyngulu Sarabski. In November 1916, with the participation of Mirzaagha Aliyev, the play was again prepared for stagin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huseyn Arablinski
Huseyn Arablinski ( az, Hüseyn Ərəblinski), born Huseynbala Mammad oghlu Khalafov (1881, Baku – 17 March 1919, Baku), was an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani actor. Life and career Born to a poor family, Huseyn Arablinski lost his father at a young age. He was sent by his mother to a religious school. Soon not being able to pay for it, young Huseyn had to drop out. However, with the help of Habib bey Mahmudbeyov, a local teacher who made it possible for children from poor families to attend school, Arablinski was admitted to the 3rd Russian-Muslim School. Mahmudbeyov was also the one who roused young Arablinski's interest in acting. One of the theatres agreed to have Mahmudbeyov's students act out incidental and minor characters. Despite scrupulous preparation, Arablinskis first performance was unsuccessful. In 1897–1900 he continued to act in small roles. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azernashr
Azernashr ( az, Azərnəşr) is a major publishing house in Azerbaijan. It is the official state publishing house, based in Baku. Azerneshr started its operations in 1923. Within the period of existence, the publishing house produced tens of thousands of books in different subjects. It has published a number of books in Russian, English, French and other languages. Apart from major European languages, Azerneshr also publishes in languages of minorities such as Talysh, Tat, Lezgi, Kurdish, Udi and Khinalug Khinalug, Khynalyg, or Khinalyg ( az, Xınalıq; Khinalug: ''Kətş''; also rendered as Khanaluka, Khanalyk, Khinalykh, or Khynalyk), is an ancient Caucasian village going back to the Caucasian Albanian period. It is located high up in the mounta ... languages. References Publishing companies established in 1923 Publishing companies of Azerbaijan 1923 establishments in the Soviet Union Publishing companies of the Soviet Union {{Azerbaijan-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Plays
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Sheikh Sanan (play)
, image = Poster of play Sheykh Sanan.jpg , image_size = 200px , caption = Poster of the spectacle. 1956-1957. Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre , writer = Huseyn Javid , characters = Sheikh SananKhumarothers , setting = 1914 , premiere = 1921 , place = Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre , orig_lang = Azerbaijani , genre = Tragedy ''Sheikh Sanan'' ( az, Şeyx Sənan), is a verse play, tragedy in five acts, written by an Azerbaijani poet and playwright Huseyn Javid about love of a Muslim sheikh - Sanan to a Georgian- Christian girl Khumar. It is based on an old story first made famous by the Persian poet Attar Neyshapuri in The Conference of the Birds. As it was noted, a romantic riot against the anti-humanistic reality of religion is expressed in images of the main heroes of the play – Sanan and Khumar. Sanan, being a true believer Muslim and a notable scientist, dissuades from Islam and rejects its basis, blames all religio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil (Javid Play)
, image = Poster of play Devil.jpg , image_size = 200px , caption = Poster. 26 May 1922. State Turkic Theatre , writer = Huseyn Javid , characters = DevilArifVasifRenaIbn YeminKhaverElkhan , setting = 1918 , premiere = December 21, 1920 , place = Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre , orig_lang = Azerbaijani , genre = Tragedy ''Iblis'' ( az, İblis / ابلیس) is a verse play (verse dram), tragedy in four acts of an Azerbaijani poet and playwright Huseyn Javid, written in 1918. Ideological credo of Javid is revealed in the play, a mystic flaw is strongly expressed and the poet's thoughts about a problem of human's happiness followed by the imperialistic war are reflected in the poem. Initially the tragedy was staged in 1920, by Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh. It is noted that, at the beginning of the 1920s the play had a great success. “Iblis” is considered as the first verse play of Azerbaijan, which was put on the stage. It is also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khayyam (play)
"Khayyam" ( az, Xəyyam) is a tragedy written by the Azerbaijani playwright Huseyn Javid, in 1935. It was dedicated to the famous poet and thinker Omar Khayyam, and was firstly published in 1963 in Baku. It was staged in March 1970 at the Azerbaijan Drama Theatre in Baku. Play’s history Huseyn Javid wrote the play "Khayyam" in 1935. In the same year, it was awarded the 3rd place in the competition of literary works of the Azerbaijan SSR. Huseyn Javid once sent the play to his friend who lived in Yerevan. After a long time, in 1957, his daughter, Turan Javid, managed to find it in Yerevan and bring it to Baku. The play was firstly published in 1963 by the Azerneshr publishing house in Baku. On 12 March 1970, the play was staged in the Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre named after M. Azizbekov by the Peoples Artist of the USSR, the Professor Mekhti Mammadov. The decoration of the performance and sketches were prepared by the artist Elchin Mammadov, and the music was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirzaagha Aliyev
Mirza Agha Aliyev ( az, Mirzəağa Əliyev; 1883 in Hövsan (Baku) – October 25, 1954 in Baku) was an Azerbaijani actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1949).Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 1. А — Ангоб. 1969. 608 стр., илл.; 47 л. илл. и карт, 1 отд. л. табл. The winner of two Stalin Prizes of the second degree (1943, 1948). Biography Born to a rural family, Mirza Agha received his first education at a Muslim religious school, and later completed a Russian-Muslim school in Baku. His career was deeply influenced by Azerbaijani theatrical figures, Najaf bey Vezirov and Jahangir Zeynalov, and his first role was that of Shahmar bey in "Musibeti Fakhraddin" by N. Vezirov. In 1906-1907, M. A. Aliyev headed the "Hamiyyat" theatrical group, which made shows mostly in industrial districts. In 1912, for his revolutionary activity, he was exiled to Astrakhan by the Tsarist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huseyngulu Sarabski
Huseyngulu Sarabski ( az, Hüseynqulu Sarabski), born Hüseynqulu Malik oğlu Rzayev (20 March 1879 – 16 February 1945), was an Azerbaijani opera singer (tenor), composer, playwright, stage actor, theatre director, and musician (tar). Early life Sarabski was born to poor parents in Baku (then part of the Russian Empire, now capital of Azerbaijan) on Nowruz Eve. At a young age, he was sent to a mullah to study the Koran. Unable to overcome the language barrier and having received severe beatings from the mullah, Huseyngulu managed to convince his parents to let him quit. In 1891, at the age 12, he watched a theatrical performance for the first time. It was staged by amateur actors and called ''Khan Sarabi'' adapted from Mirza Fatali Akhundov's play ''Sarguzasht-i vazir-i Khan-i Lankaran''. Young Huseyngulu enjoyed the performance and later chose the pseudonym Sarabski reflecting on his first encounter with theatre. As a teenager, he enrolled in Russian night courses for the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan State Theatre Museum
Azerbaijan State Theatre Museum ( az, Azərbaycan Dövlət Teatr Muzeyi) named after Jafar Jabbarli reflects the professional theatre history of Azerbaijan. In 1934, the issue of establishing such a museum was raised at the Republican conference by theater workers. The museum was organized in the same year in the building of the Azerbaijan State Drama Theater. In fact, this exhibition was the foundation of a future museum. According to eyewitnesses, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh and Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev, the great writers who cut the opening ribbon of the exhibition, said: "Long live the Azerbaijani theater!" The exhibition is soon officially formalized as a Theater Department of the Azerbaijan State Museum. Finally, on the basis of the relevant department of the Azerbaijan State Museum in 1934, Azerbaijan State Theater Museum was established and Aghakarim Sharifov was appointed the director of the museum. On 25 November 1934, the solemn opening ceremony of the museum was held. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shikhali Gurbanov
Shikhali Gurban oglu Gurbanov ( az, Şıxəli Qurban oğlu Qurbanov; 1925, Baku—May 24, 1967, Baku) was an Azerbaijani writer, philologist and statesman. Assassination On May 24, 1967, he was murdered by a lethal injection of cyanic acid, while visiting a dentist. The dentist escaped and was never found. The murder reportedly happened shortly before the extraordinary plenum of Azerbaijan Communist Party The Azerbaijan Communist Party ( az, Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası; russian: Коммунистическая партия Азербайджана) was the ruling political party in the Azerbaijan SSR, making it effectively a branch of th ..., where Gurbanov was expected to be elected the First Secretary of the Party. 1925 births 1967 deaths Communist writers Azerbaijani philologists Azerbaijani literary theorists Deaths by poisoning People murdered in Azerbaijan Azerbaijani murder victims Azerbaijan Communist Party (1920) politicians 20th-century ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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