Armen Elbakyan ( hy, Արմեն Էլբակյան, born February 11, 1954) is an Armenian actor, director and producer.

Career

*In 1974, graduated from the Acting Department of Yerevan Theatre Institute *In 1981, graduated from the Directing Department of Yerevan Theatre Institute *In the years 1975-1982 – actor for the

Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan The Gabriel Sundukyan State Academic Theatre ( hy, Գաբրիել Սունդուկյանի անվան ազգային ակադեմիական թատրոն), founded on February 25, 1922 in Yerevan, is the oldest modern theatre in Armenia. Well-know ...

*1982-1988 – director of the

*1988–1994 years – the artistic director of the Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre of Yerevan *From 1989 –2012 years – Yerevan Theatre Institute *1994 – Founder of the Drama and Comedy Theater after Edgar Elbakyan *2000-2015 – Artistic Director - General Manager of the

Yerevan State Marionettes Theatre {{Infobox Theatre , name = Yerevan State Marionette Theatre , image = Yerevan State Marionettes Theatre 2.jpg , caption = The State Marionette Theatre in Armenia , address = 43 Mashtots Avenue , city = Yerevan 0009 , c ...

*Since 2012 – Head of Directing the

Armenian State Pedagogical University Khachatur Abovian Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU) ( hy, Խաչատուր Աբովյանի անվան հայկական պետական մանկավարժական համալսարան, ՀՊՄՀ), is a state university and higher educa ...

Abovyan Abovyan or Abovian ( hy, Աբովյան), is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia within the Kotayk Province. It is located northeast of Yerevan and southeast of the province centre Hrazdan. As of the 2011 census, the population of t ...

*Since 2015 – Artistic Director of the

Director

*"The Owner" by

Hrant Matevosyan Hrant Ignati Matevosyan ( hy, Հրանտ Իգնատի Մաթևոսյան, 12 February 1935 - 19 December 2002) was an Armenian writer and screenwriter. By the time of his death he was considered Armenia's "most prominent and accomplished contempora ...

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh ''The Forty Days of Musa Dagh'' (german: Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh) is a 1933 novel by Austrian- Bohemian writer Franz Werfel based on events that took place in 1915, during the second year of World War I and at the beginning of the Armenian ...

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Franz Werfel Franz Viktor Werfel (; 10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945) was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and Poetry, poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of ''Th ...

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui ''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' (german: Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui, links=no), subtitled "A parable play", is a 1941 play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago m ...

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Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...

Play Strindberg ''Play Strindberg'' is a comedy play by the Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt, written in 1968 and published in 1969. It is a free adaptation of August Strindberg's ''The Dance of Death'' (1900), using Strindberg's characters. The title is a refe ...

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt Friedrich Dürrenmatt (; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-g ...

Don Quixote is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Wester ...

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The Zoo Story ''The Zoo Story'' is a one-act play by American playwright Edward Albee. His first play, it was written in 1958 and completed in just three weeks. The play explores themes of isolation, loneliness, miscommunication as anathematization, social di ...

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Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), '' The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), '' A Delicate Balance'' (1966) ...

Desire Under the Elms ''Desire Under the Elms'' is a 1924 play written by Eugene O'Neill. Like ''Mourning Becomes Electra'', ''Desire Under the Elms'' signifies an attempt by O'Neill to adapt plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy to a rural New England setting. ...

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Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism, earlier ...

The Glass Menagerie ''The Glass Menagerie'' is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his Histrionic persona ...

", " Suddenly, Last Summer" by

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*" Christmas at the Cupiello's" by

Eduardo De Filippo Eduardo De Filippo (; 24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and '' Napoli Milionaria''. Consid ...

*"The Dragon" by Eugene Schwartz *"Trees Die Standing" by

Alejandro Casona Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (3 March 1903 – 17 September 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and la ...

*"White elephants" by

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fic ...

*" Mean "," George Dandin, or the Abashed Husband" by

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...

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*"Premiere" by L. Roseba *"Oh, these doors" by M. Fermo *"Proposal" by

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

*"Dear Elena", "Garden without land" by Lyudmila Razumovskaya *"

The Dawns Here Are Quiet ''The Dawns Here Are Quiet'' (russian: А зори здесь тихие, A zori zdes tikhie) is a 1972 Soviet war drama directed by Stanislav Rostotsky based on Boris Vasilyev's novel of the same name. The film deals with antiwar themes and fo ...

" by Boris Vasilyev *"Hanuma" by Avksenty Tsagareli *"Cavemen", "Would You Dance with Me" "You walk into the world", "Play Saroyan" by

William Saroyan William Saroyan (; August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film ''The ...

*"Ruined Family" by

Gabriel Sundukyan Gabriel Sundukian ( hy, Գաբրիել Սունդուկյան; 11 July 1825 – 29 March 1912) was an Armenian writer and playwright, the founder of modern Armenian drama.

*"Eastern Dentist", "Honorable Beggars", "Brother Baghdasar" by Hakob Paronyan *"Belated Bird" by Anna and Armen Elbakyan *"And paused a moment ..." by Edgar Elbakyan Jr. *"Nazar the Brave", "King Chah-chah", "The Unlucky Panos" by

Hovhannes Tumanyan Hovhannes Tumanyan ( hy, Հովհաննես Թումանյան, classical spelling: Յովհաննէս Թումանեան, – March 23, 1923) was an Armenian poet, writer, translator, and literary and public activist. He is the nationa ...

*"Meeting mice" by Atabek Khnkoyan

Actor

*Rostom – "The Owner" by Hrant Matevosyan *Joe – "Would You Dance with Me" by

*Kurt – "

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*Mebius – "

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*Chatsky – "Woe from Wit" by Griboyedov *Man – "Belated Bird" by Anna and Armen Elbakyan *Jerry – "Two in the Zoo" by E. Albee *Georges – "Mystery Castle Entauz" by A. Christie *Garcia – " Behind Closed Doors" by

Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and litera ...

*Georges – "Taxi" by J. Renard *Mercutio – "

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...

" by William Shakespeare *Jester – " King John" William Shakespeare *Antonio – "Cylinder" by E. De Filippo *Francois – "Oh, these doors" by M. Fermo *Sergeant rubbed – "Mousetrap" by A. Christie *Evdokimov – "104 pages about love" by E. Radzinsky *Nikita – "Cruel Intentions" by Arbuzov *Sasha – "Natasha" by Arbuzov *Dudley Bostwick – " Time of Your Life" by William Saroyan *Simon – "Land of Nairi" Charents *Crazy Mozi, Osep – "Busted home" by

Gabriel Sundukyan Gabriel Sundukian ( hy, Գաբրիել Սունդուկյան; 11 July 1825 – 29 March 1912) was an Armenian writer and playwright, the founder of modern Armenian drama.

*And so on – "New deoginez" by

Gabriel Sundukyan Gabriel Sundukian ( hy, Գաբրիել Սունդուկյան; 11 July 1825 – 29 March 1912) was an Armenian writer and playwright, the founder of modern Armenian drama.

*Nico – "Eastern Dentist" by Paronyan *Sacco – "Brave Nazar" by D. Demirchyan *A. Zarabyan – "Hatsavan" by N. Zarian

Awards

*1988 – Winner of the Union festival play Dear Elena" *1993 – Prize Vakhtangov for the best works - "Dear Elena," "Garden without land" L. Razumovskaya *2002 – Armenian NationalAward "Artavazd" - The Best Performance "Busted home" G. Sundukyan *2003 – Honored Art Worker of Armenia *2006 – Armenian NationalAward "Artavazd" -The BestPerformance "Man of La Mancha" M. Cervantes *2008 – International TheatreFestival «ARCUSFEST» Hungary - Best Actor *2008 – Armenian NationalAward "Artavazd" - Best Actor *2010 – Award Festival. A. Ayvazyan in the "Best Actor", "American adzhabsandal" *2010 – Was awarded the title of Professor

External links

Armen Elbakyan's biography
*http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/post/235652/bio/

*http://www.rau.am/gazeta_kp/index.php?p=7&stid=321&yn=2012&mn=2&dn=26 *https://archive.today/20121229222306/http://azg.am/RU/mail_author/2008070403 *https://archive.today/20121229202501/http://www.golos.am/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23693&Itemid=53

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