Petros Heronimosi Adamian (Armenian: Պետրոս Հերոնիմոսի Ադամեան; December 21, 1849 – June 15 [O.S. June 3], 1891) was a male actor, poet, writer, artist and public figure in the Ottoman Empire. He was Armenian by ethnicity.
He started his artistic career at the age of seventeen, in the play William the Conqueror. After a first period in his career where he gradually won recognition in the theater groups of Constantinople, in 1879 he was hired by the Armenian Theater Board of Tiflis (Tbilisi) and the golden period of his career started afterwards in the Caucasus. He would abandon the historical plays and the French melodramas to enter the world of Shakespeare. Since 1879 he performed in Baku, Shushi, Alexandropol, Tiflis. In the 1880s, when the Ottoman Turkish reaction "held the national minorities in scorn",[1] Adamian had an artistic tour in foreign (Russian and Ukrainian) cities, acting both in Armenian and French languages. In 1887 a Russian theatrical critic wrote about Adamian in Odessky Vestnik: "Not Salvini, not Rossi, not Possart, not Barna, and finally, no world-famous actor has given us such a pure and perfect Hamlet as P. Adamian did." In 1888 he returned to Constantinople. Among his best roles of that period are King Lear, Arbenin (Lermontov's Masquerade), Khlestakov (Gogol's Revisor), Mikael (Sundukian's One More Victim), etc. Being a "great Shakespearean actor"[1] and the first Armenian scientific researcher of William Shakespeare plays, in 1887 he published the study "Shakespeare and the Sources and Criticism of His Tragedy Hamlet." He also made translations from Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, Semyon Nadson, and Nikolai Nekrasov.
^ abShakespeare in Armenian, by Sona Seferian 2007-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
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Shakespeare and the Armenian theatre, by Nishan Parlakian, Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance, 2008
// "Planeta Diaspor" journal, 21.02.2000 (in Russian)
December 18, 2023
petros, adamian, petros, heronimosi, adamian, armenian, Պետրոս, Հերոնիմոսի, Ադամեան, december, 1849, june, june, 1891, male, actor, poet, writer, artist, public, figure, ottoman, empire, armenian, ethnicity, Պետրոս, Ադամեան, role, hamletborn, 1849, december, 1. Petros Heronimosi Adamian Armenian Պետրոս Հերոնիմոսի Ադամեան December 21 1849 June 15 O S June 3 1891 was a male actor poet writer artist and public figure in the Ottoman Empire He was Armenian by ethnicity Petros AdamianՊետրոս ԱդամեանPetros Adamian in the role of HamletBorn 1849 12 21 December 21 1849Constantinople Ottoman EmpireDiedJune 3 1891 1891 06 03 aged 41 Constantinople Ottoman EmpireOccupation s actor writer and artist Contents 1 Biography 2 Further reading 3 References 4 External linksBiography editAdamian s mother died when he was one and a half years old nbsp Adamian with the Armenian journalist Grigor ArtsruniHe started his artistic career at the age of seventeen in the play William the Conqueror After a first period in his career where he gradually won recognition in the theater groups of Constantinople in 1879 he was hired by the Armenian Theater Board of Tiflis Tbilisi and the golden period of his career started afterwards in the Caucasus He would abandon the historical plays and the French melodramas to enter the world of Shakespeare Since 1879 he performed in Baku Shushi Alexandropol Tiflis In the 1880s when the Ottoman Turkish reaction held the national minorities in scorn 1 Adamian had an artistic tour in foreign Russian and Ukrainian cities acting both in Armenian and French languages In 1887 a Russian theatrical critic wrote about Adamian in Odessky Vestnik Not Salvini not Rossi not Possart not Barna and finally no world famous actor has given us such a pure and perfect Hamlet as P Adamian did In 1888 he returned to Constantinople Among his best roles of that period are King Lear Arbenin Lermontov s Masquerade Khlestakov Gogol s Revisor Mikael Sundukian s One More Victim etc Being a great Shakespearean actor 1 and the first Armenian scientific researcher of William Shakespeare plays in 1887 he published the study Shakespeare and the Sources and Criticism of His Tragedy Hamlet He also made translations from Shakespeare Victor Hugo Semyon Nadson and Nikolai Nekrasov nbsp Bust of Petros Adamian by sculptor Ara Sargsian Ara Sargsyan and Hakob Kojoyan Museum Adamian suffered from a throat cancer for the last two years of his life He died in the St Nicholas Russian hospital of Constantinople Siranush Hovhannes Abelian Vahram Papazian and other Armenian actors continued Adamian s theatrical tradition The Armenian Drama Theatre of Tbilisi is named after Adamian Further reading editPetros Adamian by G Stepanian Yerevan 1956References edit a b Shakespeare in Armenian by Sona Seferian Archived 2007 12 14 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editShakespeare in Armenian by Sona Seferian Shakespeare and the Armenian theatre by Nishan Parlakian Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance 2008 Famous People of Armenia Petros Adamian Mary Cholakian The Artist Planeta Diaspor journal 21 02 2000 in Russian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Petros Adamian amp oldid 1186358878, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
