Background
DZHANAN, Mkrtich was born in 1892 in Istanbul.
DZHANAN, Mkrtich was born in 1892 in Istanbul.
Graduate Law Faculty, Istanbul University. 1919 external student, stagecraft classes at Paris Conservatory.
1911 began stage work. 1918 helped organize Arm Dramatic Social in Istanbul. From 1922 actor. First Arm State Theater in Yerevan (now Sundukyan Theater).
Worked also as stage director 1928 helped organize Yerevan Azer Theater. Author of articles on theatrical problems.
Roles: Oksen in Paromyan’s "Old Bagdasar”. Petruccio in "The Taming of the Shrew”. Iago; Macbeth; Satin in Gorky's Na dne (The Lower Depths).
Godun in Razlom (Break-Up). Yarovoy in Lyubov’ Yarovaya-, Zeir in "Shakh-name” (1935).