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  2. Theatre of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    Bronze statue of a Greek actor, 150–100 BC. The half-mask over the eyes and nose identifies the figure as an actor. He wears a man's conical cap but female garments, following the Greek custom of men playing the roles of women. Later, slave women were brought in to play minor female characters and in comedy as well.

  3. List of Greek actors - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Greek actors Alekos Alexandrakis – (Αλέκος Αλεξανδράκης) (1928–2005) Anthimos Ananiadis ...

  4. Thespis - Wikipedia

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    Thespis (/ ˈ θ ɛ s p ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Θέσπις; fl. 6th century BC) was an Ancient Greek poet. [1] He was born in the ancient city of Icarius (present-day Dionysos, Greece ). [ 2 ] According to certain Ancient Greek sources and especially Aristotle , he was the first human to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a ...

  5. Artists of Dionysus - Wikipedia

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    The Artists of Dionysus or Dionysiac Artists (Ancient Greek: οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τεχνιταί, romanized: hoi peri ton Dionuson technitai) were an association of actors and other performers who coordinated the organisation of Greek theatrical and musical performances in the Hellenistic Period and under the Roman Empire.

  6. Acting - Wikipedia

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    One of the first known actors was an ancient Greek called Thespis of Icaria in Athens. Writing two centuries after the event, Aristotle in his Poetics (c. 335 BCE) suggests that Thespis stepped out of the dithyrambic chorus and addressed it as a separate character. Before Thespis, the chorus narrated (for example, "Dionysus did this, Dionysus ...

  7. Category:Ancient Greek actors - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Greek actors-turned military agents (3 P) Pages in category "Ancient Greek actors" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.

  8. List of ancient Greek playwrights - Wikipedia

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    Aristophanes (c. 446–388 BC), a leading source for Greek Old Comedy. The Acharnians (425 BC) The Knights (424 BC) The Clouds (423 BC) The Wasps (422 BC) Peace (421 BC) The Birds (414 BC) Lysistrata (411 BC) Thesmophoriazusae (c. 411 BC) The Frogs (405 BC) Assemblywomen (c. 392 BC) Plutus (388 BC) Pherecrates 420 BC; Diocles of Phlius ...

  9. Fotos Politis - Wikipedia

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    In 1925, when the Greek Actors' Union decided to create the "Professional School of Drama", Politis was appointed professor of repertoire and acting and from 1927 he started staging performances. Shakespeare 's The Merchant of Venice (1927), Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman (1928), the 17th century Cretan religious drama Abraham's sacrifice (1929 ...