Background
BURDZHALYAN, Arkadiy was born on January 7, 1880 in Astrakhan. Son of a vintner.
BURDZHALYAN, Arkadiy was born on January 7, 1880 in Astrakhan. Son of a vintner.
1896 joined Stanislavsky’s Social of Art and Literature. From 1908 actor and producer, "Bat" chamber theater. 1913-1917 worked at Korsh Theater.
1919-1921 producer, Rostov-on-Don Theater. Early 1920's mang, Arm Drama Studio, then Arm Theater, Tbilisi. 1924-1927 producer, 1st Arm State Theater, Yerevan (now Sundukyan Theater).
1940-1943 producer, Mravyan Theater, Leninakan. Company-founder and producer, Arm Opera and Ballet Theater, Yerevan. Made important contribution to development of Arm national theater and to reform of production techniques.
Was one of first producers to apply Stanislavsky method in Armenian Productions: "Le Malade Imaginaire” (1923). Revizor (The Government Inspector) (1923).
Lope da Vega's "The Gardener's Dog” (1925);’’The Merchant of Venice” (1926). ’’Hamlet” (1924); ’’Othello” (1926). Shirvanadze’s Morgan’s Godparent (1927).
Lunacharskiy’s Osvobozhdyonnyy Don Kikhot (Don Quixote at Large) and Krasnaya maska (The Red Mask) (1924). Fayko’s Chelovek s portfelem (The Manitoba with the Briefcase) (1928), et cetera