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Yerevan state Azerbaijan dramatic theater

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Yerevan state Azerbaijan dramatic theater
Yerevan state Azerbaijan dramatic theater. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Yerevan Azeri drama theater was named after Jafar Jabbarly (Azerbaijani: Cəfər Cabbarlı adına İrəvan Dövlət Azərbaycan Dram Teatrı) 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" 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.

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