The Gabriel Sundukyan State Academic Theatre ( hy, Գաբրիել Սունդուկյանի անվան ազգային ակադեմիական թատրոն), founded on February 25, 1922 in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

, is the oldest modern theatre in

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. Well-known actors and directors such as

Vardan Ajemian Vardan Mkrtchi Ajemian ( hy, Վարդան Մկրտչի Աճեմյանը; September 15, 1905 in Van, Ottoman Empire – January 24, 1977 in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia) was an Armenian theatrical director and actor. He was named People's Artist of USS ...

, ,

Vahram Papazian Vahram Papazian or Papazyan ( hy, Վահրամ Քամերի Փափազյան, January 6, 1888 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire – June 5, 1968 in Yerevan, Armenia), was a Soviet actor who was an ethnic Armenian, mostly known for his Shakespea ...

, Hrachia Ghaplanyan,

Hrachia Nersisyan Hrachia Nersisyan ( hy, Հրաչյա Ներսիսյան, 24 November 1895 – 6 November 1961) was a Soviet-Armenian film actor. He was honoured with title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1956. Nersisyan was born in Nicomedia, Ottoman Empir ...

, Hasmik,

Avet Avetisian Avet ( hy, Ավետ) is an Armenian male given name. Notable people with this name include: * Avet Avetisyan (1897-1971), Armenian actor * Avet Barseghyan, Armenian songwriter and TV host * Avet Ter-Gabrielyan (1899–1983), Armenian violinist a ...

, Varduhi Varderesyan, Arus Voskanian, and

Edgar Elbakyan Edgar Elbakyan ( hy, Էդգար Գևորգի Էլբակյան, 7 March 1928 - 31 August 1988) was an Armenian actor. Biography Elbakyan was born in Tbilisi, Tiflis in school-teacher family. In 1946 he graduated from secondary school, he move ...

were the stars of the theater's group. They performed both national and foreign plays, such as Sundukyan's ''Testament'',

Muratsan Grigor Ter-Hovhannisian ( hy, Գրիգոր Տեր-Հովհաննիսյան; December 1, 1854 – September 12, 1908), better known as Muratsan ( hy, Մուրացան), was a prolific Armenian writer, known best for writing '' Gevorg Marzpetuni'' ( ...

's ''Rouzan'', Shant's ''Ancient Gods'',

Camus Albert Camus ( , ; ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. He was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works ...

's ''Caligula'',

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 ...

's ''Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'',

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 ...

's '' Cherry Orchard'',

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's ''Desire Under the Elms'', Werfel's ''Forty Days of Musa Dagh'', etc. People's Artist of Armenia

Armen Elbakyan 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 ...

is the Artistic Director of Sundukyan Theatre. The theatre is named after

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

, who founded the Armenian school of realistic drama.

References

External links

Yerevan National Academic Theater after Sundukyan

Theatre at Armeniapedia

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