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Yerevan Azeri drama theater was named after Jafar Jabbarly () is the Azerbaijan State Drama Theater, launched in Yerevan in 1928.
During the years of 1934 - 1951 the main director of the theater was Bakhshi Galandarly. "
Yerevan Azeri drama theater was named after Jafar Jabbarly () is the Azerbaijan State Drama Theater, launched in Yerevan in 1928.
During the years of 1934 - 1951 the main director of the theater was Bakhshi Galandarly. "Othello
''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...
" was staged by the Yerevan drama theater named after J. Jabbarly in the "All-Union Festival of Shakespearean Performances", dedicated to the 380th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare in April 1944.
After a long break for several years, the theater started to work in Yerevan again in 1967. The plays such as, "Sevil" by J. Jabbarly, "Namus" by A. Shirvanzade, "Farhad and Shirin" by S. Vurgun, "Flame" by A. Erevanly and A. Suleymanov were included in repertoire of theater.
Establishment of the theater
In March 1928 Yerevan Turkish theater was established under the leadership of Yunis Nuri. The theater functioned in theArmenian SSR
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...
, remaining the only Azerbaijani theater in Armenia. In the 1930s, the theater was called the "Azerbaijan state theater named after J. Jabbarly or the "Armenian State Turkish theater named after J. Jabbarly.
Current activity
Since 1989 the troupe of the theater continued its activity inBaku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
, in the theatrical studio at the Azerbaijan Drama Theater. In 1994 the status of state was again given to the theater by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev. Yerevan State Azerbaijan theater continues to stage plays in Azerbaijan and Georgia, Dagistan and Turkey. On 16 October 2007 the theater's anniversary was celebrated at the Azerbaijan State Musical Comedy theater in Baku by the presidential decree.{{Cite web, url=https://az.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/830774.html, title=The president of Azerbaijan issued a decree on the 125th anniversary of Irevan State Drama Theater
See also
* Bakhshi GalandarliReferences