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Huseyn Javid Huseyn Javid ( az, Hüseyn Cavid),was born Huseyn Abdulla oglu Rasizadeh (24 October 1882, Nakhchivan – 5 December 1941, Shevchenko, Tayshetsky District), was a prominent Azerbaijani poet and playwright of the early 20th century. He was one o ...

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Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre The Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre ( az, Azərbaycan Akademik Milli Dram Teatrı) is an academic theatre of drama in Baku, Azerbaijan. History of the theatre The theatre has its origins in national holidays and dances. Elements of theat ...

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Azerbaijani Azerbaijani may refer to: * Something of, or related to Azerbaijan * Azerbaijanis * Azerbaijani language See also * Azerbaijan (disambiguation) * Azeri (disambiguation) * Azerbaijani cuisine * Culture of Azerbaijan The culture of Azerbaijan ...

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Tragedy Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy ...

"Abyss" ( az, Uçurum ), or "Uchurum" is a poetic drama, a tragedy in four acts written in 1917 by the Azerbaijani poet and playwright

. The play was firstly published in 1926 in Baku by the Azerbaijan State Publishing House. It was then republished only in 1968 in the first volume of the "Selected Works" of the

. The first production of the play took place in 1922. Thus, in the 1922/23 of the theatrical season, the play was staged in the State Turkic Theater named after Dadash Bunyatzade by the director Abbas Mirza Sharifzade. This is one of H. Javids dramas, in which a special place is occupied by the people who face the injustice of the society and are left alone with their experiences. It was also believed that the play was marked by the pan-Turkic sentiments.

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{{reflist, 2 Tragedy plays Azerbaijani plays 1922 plays Plays set in Azerbaijan Tragedies of Huseyn Javid Azerbaijani-language plays