Bedros Magakyan

Bedros Magakyan founded a theater with actors of Armenian descent inspired by Europe and with permission from Sultan Abdülmecid I.^{[citation needed]} The theater was founded in 1857 and originally performed classical European plays such as the works of Shakespeare.^{[citation needed]}

• Raşit Çavaş, Bedros Magakyan, Dünden Bugüne İstanbul Ansiklopedisi, c. 5, s. 238, 1994. ISBN 975-7306-05-3.