[DOC] [TLE] Thespis - Wikipedia [PAR] Thespis of Icaria (present-day Dionysos, Greece), according to certain Ancient 
Greek sources and especially Aristotle, was the first person ever to appear on 
stage as an actor playing a character ... For other uses, see Thespis (
disambiguation). ... He is credited with introducing a new style in which one 
singer or actor... [DOC] [TLE] Theatre of ancient Greece - Wikipedia [PAR] Etymology[edit]. The word  (tragoidia), from which the word "tragedy" is 
derived, is a ... While no drama texts exist from the sixth century BC, we do know 
the names of three ... Each is credited with different innovations in the field. ... 
Apparently the Greek playwrights never used more than three actors based on 
what... [DOC] [TLE] Greek Theatre - Crystalinks [PAR] Tragedy (late 6th century BC), comedy (486 BC), and the satyr play were the 
three ... Then, in the 500s BC, a poet named Thespis is credited with innovating a 
new ... solo actor performed the speeches of the characters in the narrative (using 
masks to ... Then, around 468 BC, Sophocles introduced a third actor making 
more... [DOC] [TLE] Thespis | Greek poet | Britannica.com [PAR] According to ancient tradition, Thespis was the first actor in Greek drama. ... 
Thespis, (flourished 6th century bc, Athens) Greek poet, said to have been born 
in ... name was recorded as the first to stage a tragedy at the Great (or City) 
Dionysia (c. ... Although evidence about Thespis is scant, he is credited with 
introducing the... [DOC] [TLE] Costume & Masks | Greek Theatre [PAR] Illustrations of theatrical masks from 5th century display helmet-like mask, ... that 
liminal space between the audience and the stage, between myth and reality. ... 
When the poets introduced real costumes, they imitated the contemporary ... The 
actors used to put on ordinary shoes, such us loose fitting boots and laced boots. [DOC] [TLE] Greek Theater [PAR] Ancient Greeks from the 5th century BC onwards were fascinated by the .... his 
face with purslane in his performance, and after that introduced the use of masks, 
... there were in the play, only three actors were used; the actors would go back 
stage ... From the late 6th century BC to the 4th and 3rd centuries BC there was a
... [DOC] [TLE] The Origins of Theatre - The First Actor - PBS [PAR] That development came later in the 6th century BC, when the tyrant Pisistratus, 
who then ruled the city, established a series of new public festivals. One of these
... [DOC] [TLE] Introduction to Greek Stagecraft - Didaskalia [PAR] The tragedies and comedies of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE that remain to ... 
the slope beneath the south side of the Acropolis in the late 6th century BCE, ... of 
the precinct, and before the construction of the stoa and the stage building ... 
mask and costume, because a prize for the best actor was introduced in 449 BCE
. [DOC] [TLE] History Of The Mask - Any Mask .com [PAR] As cultural objects they have been used throughout the world in all periods ..... 
from the initiation area and is introduced to the villagers as an adult of the tribe. ... 
The mask is later cast aside and replaced by a small ivory duplicate, worn as a .... 
a 6th-century-BC poet who is credited with originating tragedy), enabled the... [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Greece - Classical Literature [PAR] It was a highly stylized (not naturalistic) art form: actors wore masks, and the 
performances ... and also introduced love interest as a principal element in the 
drama. ... the winner of the first theatrical contest held at Athens in the 6th Century 
BCE. ... early Greek tragedians, each credited with different innovations in the 
field. [DOC] [TLE] Check and uncheck as needed to select sections to print. Then ... [PAR] These include acting; theater costume and makeup; directing; stage lighting; ... It 
was used especially in initiation ceremonies that acquainted the young with tribal 
culture. ... This occurred about

Question: This actor of the 6th century B.C. is credited with introducing the use of masks on stage
Answer: Thespis