On 10 March 1873, under the guidance of Hasan bey Zardabi and with the participation of students of the Real School of Baku, comedy "Vizier of Lankaran khanate" by M.F.Akhundov's was staged.

Such actors as Huseyn Arablinski, Mukhtar Dadashev, Jahangir Zeynalov, Mirzaagha Aliyev, Sidgi Ruhulla, Alasgar Alakbarov, Adil Isgenderov, Barat Shekinskaya, Leyla Badirbeyli and other famous actors played at the theater during its activity period.

Plays to works of Jafar Jabbarli, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Ali bey Huseynzade, Najaf bey Vazirov, Huseyn Javid, Sabit Rahman, Nariman Narimanov, Ilyas Efediyev, also to works of other world classics such as Shakespeare, Schiller, Molière, Dumas, Hugo, Balzac, Pushkin, Lermontov, Tolstoy, Gogol were staged in the theatre.

[3][4] The troupe of the theatre was repeatedly on tours, to: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Tbilisi, Tashkent, Ashgabat, Turkey, Germany and Cyprus.

[5][6] People's actors •Sayavush Aslan •Yashar Nuri •Nureddin Guliyev •Basti Bekirova •Firangiz Mutallimova •Rafael Dadashov •Ilham Alesgerov •Zarnigar Atakishiyeva •Telman Adigozalov •Meleyke Esedova and others Honoured actors •Asger Mamedoglu •Sabir Mamedov •Jafar Namig Kamal •Sadig Imanov •Saida Guliyeva •Parviz Bagirov and others Chief director •Merahim Farzalibeyov