These hymns were later adapted for choral processions in which participants would dress up in costumes and masks. Eventually, certain members of the chorus evolved to take special roles within the ...

The most successful Athenian playwright was Sophocles, who won so many Greek theatre competitions that ... Actors changed the way they looked by wearing masks, wigs and padded costumes.

(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 ...