ADAMYAN Petros (21.12.1949, Constantinople – 4.6.1981, Constantinople), Armenian actor. From 1867 Petros Adamyan played in the Armenian theaters of Constantinople. In 1870 he moved to Nakhichevan-on-Don with T. Fasulachyan’s troupe. Petros Adamyan performed in P. Maghakyan’s troupe in 1872-75, in the Armenian troupes (1879), then Adamyan performed in Akhaltsikhe and Alexandrapole (1880). In 1880 Petros Adamyan performed the role of Hamlet (“Hamlet” by W. Shakespeare). He performed the roles of Franz (“The Robbers” by F. Schiller), Zhadov (“ A Profitable Position” by A. Ostrovski), Chatsky (“Woe from Wit” by A. Griboyedov) realistically.
The Russian press compared him with T. Salvi and Rossi. Adamyan had unique artistry. He wrote poems, created graphic works. Adamyan troupe was founded in 1961 in Aleppo .
Source - «Who is who. The Armenians» encyclopedia, volume 1, chief editor Hovh. Ayvazyan, Yerevan, 2007, p. 29 (in Armenian).
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