Thespis - Wikipedia Thespis was a singer of dithyrambs (songs about stories from mythology with choric refrains) He is credited with introducing a new style in which one singer or actor performed the words of individual characters in the stories, distinguishing between the characters with the aid of different masks
Thespis | Father of Tragedy, Father of Comedy | Britannica According to ancient tradition, Thespis was the first actor in Greek drama He was often called the inventor of tragedy, and his name was recorded as the first to stage a tragedy at the Great (or City) Dionysia (c 534 bc)
Thespis of Icaria: The Ancient Greek That Invented Acting Aristotle, along with classical records, speaks of Thespis as being the first ever to step on stage He was also the first tragedian, theatrical character, actor in written plays, and the originator of what we today call spoken poetry
Thespis, A time when arts were encouraged, Won theatrical . . . Thespis is said to have been the first ancient Greek performer to represent another character on stage instead of simply reciting or singing a text, and theatrical actors are now known as thespians
Thespis - Encyclopedia. com Thespis (6th century bc), Greek dramatic poet, regarded as the founder of Greek tragedy; Aristotle named him the originator of the role of the actor in addition to the traditional chorus His name gives rise to the word thespian
The Greeks - Thespis becomes worlds first actor - PBS And most remarkable of all the winners was said to be a wandering bard called Thespis According to tradition, in 534 or 535 BC, Thespis astounded audiences by leaping on to the back of a
Thespis | Research Starters - EBSCO Though details of his life remain unclear, Thespis's legacy is powerful; he is honored as the namesake for actors, known as "thespians " His work inspired future playwrights, including Aeschylus and Sophocles, who built upon his foundations to explore complex human emotions and moral dilemmas
Thespis - (Ancient Mediterranean) - Vocab, Definition . . . Thespis is believed to have lived around the 6th century BCE and is linked to the origins of Athenian drama during the Archaic period He transformed storytelling by stepping away from solely reciting lines and instead interacting with the chorus, which was revolutionary for theatrical performance
Thespis | Oxford Classical Dictionary Thespis was believed in antiquity to have invented tragedy *Horace (Ars P 275–7) has him taking his plays around on wagons, with the players' faces smeared with wine-lees
Thespis, Greece, ancient history The "inventor of tragedy" was born in Attica, and was the first prize winner at the Great Dionysia in 534 BC He was an important innovator for the theatre, since he intoduced such things as the independent actor, as opposed to the choir, as well as masks, make up and costumes