Thespis astounded audiences by leaping on to the back of a wooden cart and reciting poetry as if he was the characters whose lines he was reading. In doing so he became the world's first actor ...

(WYTV) — We have been going to the theater for centuries to watch storytelling, for the music, for the creativity. The first recorded performance dates back to 532 BC in Athens, a religious ...

Thespis astounded audiences by leaping on to the back of a wooden cart and reciting poetry as if he was the characters whose lines he was reading. In doing so he became the world's first actor ...