Armine abrahamyan biography of william shakespeare

Petros Adamyan is widely considered the best Hamlet of the second half of the 19th century.

In Armenia, the attitude towards the works of William Shakespeare is special.

This is evidenced by at least the familiarity of many Armenians with Shakespeare’s characters. Of course, this fact seems secondary when we recall the Shakespearean images embodied on the Armenian scene.

The play of actors Petros Adamyan and Vahram Papazyan received recognition and praise throughout the world.

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Together with them, the Armenian theater school as a whole received world recognition.

Petros Adamyan became famous for playing the roles of Othello, King Lear, and especially Hamlet. For the first time, he played on stage in the Armenian Theater in his home town of Constantinople.

After the closure of the Armenian theaters in the Ottoman Empire, Adamyan moved to Russia with some other actors.

There, he performed on stage in Tiflis, Baku,