Sundukyan State Academic Theatre
Sundukyan State Academic Theatre | |
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The main entrance to the Sundukyan State Academic Theatre | |
Location within Armenia | |
General information | |
Type | Theatre |
Location | Yerevan, Armenia |
Country | Armenia |
Coordinates | 40°10′24.20″N 44°30′26.33″E / 40.1733889°N 44.5073139°E / 40.1733889; 44.5073139 |
Completed | (1922-02-25)February 25, 1922 |
The Gabriel Sundukyan State Academic Theatre (Armenian: Գաբրիել Սունդուկյանի անվան ազգային ակադեմիական թատրոն), founded in February 25, 1922 in Yerevan, is the oldest modern theatre in Armenia.[1]
Well-known actors and directors such as Vardan Ajemian, Valentin Podpomogov, Vahram Papazian, Hrachia Ghaplanyan, Hrachia Nersisyan, Hasmik, Avet Avetisian, Arus Voskanian were the stars of the theater's group. They performed both national and foreign plays, such as Sundukyan's Testament, Muratsan's Rouzan, Shant's Ancient Gods, Camus's Caligula, Brecht's Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Chekhov's Cherry Orchard, O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, Werfel's Forty Days of Musa Dagh, etc. People's Artist of the USSR Varduhi Varderesyan is the leading actress of Sundukyan Theatre.[2][3][4]
The theatre is named after Gabriel Sundukian, who founded the Armenian school of realistic drama.
References
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^ "G. Sundukian National Academic Theatre". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
^ Performance "The Forty Days of Musa-dagh" Check|url=
value (help). Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
^ "Գ. Սունդուկյանի անվան ազգային ակադեմիական թատրոն". Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
External links
- Theatre at Armeniapedia
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