Plays

In the first half of the 19th century Abovyan was the first in the Armenian reality both to evaluate the role of theatre in the matter of enligtment of the nation and mental development, both made his contribution in the development of the national drama. Abovyan inherited two theatrical and one play in translation, which played an important role. The first trial in dramatic composition is the play ‘Performance for children’ taken from the book ‘Nakhashavigh’.  It was also put on the stage. 

The play in one act ‘Theodora or filial love’ is as well an noteworthy work. The main subject of the play is the great filial love towards parent.

The next dramatic work in tranlation’Adelaide von Woulfingen’, one act of which reached to us.