YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Representatives of 14 countries are going to take part in the Armmono Fourth International Shakespeare Theater Festival of Monoperformances to be held on September 12-18 in Yerevan. 17 performances will be shown during 7 days of the festival. As festival Director Hakob Ghazanchian said at the September 11 press conference, it is the fourth time this modest Yerevan festival tries to present the public the theatrical and literary heritage of the great Englishman, Shakespeare. In Hakob Ghazanchian's words, this year also Armmono will receive Robert Sturua, but not as a guest, but as a participant. Sturua is a producer who has staged Shakespeare and, particularly, "Hamlet", most of all in the world. The well-known producer has staged a new "Hamlet" specially for this festival. In Ghazanchian's words, this year 9 Armenian actors take part in the festival, many of which, including Levon Ivanian, Hasmik Ter-Karapetian, have not been on the stage for more than 20 years. Hakob Ghazanchian also said that "...and Legal Prison" performance on the basis of "Hamlet" by Shakespeare was staged on the initiative of the Stage Crossroad cultural center. Actors from 10 countries are engaged in the performance. Vardan Petrosian will play the leading part of Hamlet. "All 10 actors will play in their native tongues. This will be an unprecedented performance. And the most important thing is that it will end unexpectedly and abruptly," Ghazanchian assured. All performances will be presented at the hall of Yerevan Theater of Young Spectator, except "...and Legal Prison." This performance will be shown every day at Stanislavski Russian Dramatic Theater.

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