Aristophanes' plays were often performed there . He kept Athenians smiling. The organization of the theatre was set by stone coins. The stone coins matched the marking on the seat. Otherwise, it would be one huge argument on where to get the best seats.
Historians suspect that they saved the front seats for the rich and important people.
Giving less important people coins that were away from the front row would help save the seats for the more important people. The costumes they had to go with them were made out of linen and once in a while they used silk. They used different colors to express the feeling of the play. The masks were also brightly colored so the people in the last row could see them. The eyes had to be very big and the nose had to be large enough to be seen.