Bedros Magakyan (1826–1891), was an Ottoman-

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. He was the founder of the Armenian Oriental Theater.

Life

Bedros Magakyan founded a theater with actors of Armenian descent inspired by Europe and with permission from

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. The theater was founded in 1857 and originally performed classical European plays such as the works of

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References

* Raşit Çavaş, Bedros Magakyan, Dünden Bugüne İstanbul Ansiklopedisi, c. 5, s. 238, 1994. . 1826 births 1891 deaths 19th-century male actors from the Ottoman Empire Ethnic Armenian male actors Male stage actors from the Ottoman Empire Armenians from the Ottoman Empire 19th-century Armenian people Theatre directors from the Ottoman Empire {{Armenia-actor-stub