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The history of the theatre is rooted in Ancient Greece more than two millennia ago. The most ancient art was born as a spectacular entertainment of the public, festive scenes of masqueraded actors. The performances were originally timed to coincide with the Great Dionysia, a great religious holiday.

Initially, only the choir participated in ancient Greek performances, but later actors began to perform along with the singers, and only men could be actors. With the help of costumes and special masks made of wood or canvas, they reincarnated into women, gods, kings, beggars and anyone else. They did not need to show any emotions with facial expressions, but they needed to represent clearly the image of their character through movements, tone of voice, gait.

The masks were voluminous and expressed various emotions, and also made it clear with their colour whether the character is healthy or sick, good or evil, a man or a woman. In one performance, no more than three actors took part, so one person played several characters, changing clothes and changing his identity.

The Greek theatre did not have a roof: spectators and actors were, in fact, on the street. The sizes of the ancient theatres were huge, they could accommodate from 17 to 44 thousand people. At first, wooden platforms were used to set the audience down, then natural stone slopes were adapted for the theatre.

It is important that any performance could be shown once, while the playwright had to give all the best in his performance. The playwright not only wrote the play but also played the role of an actor, director, choreographer and composer.

In ancient Greek theatre, there were only two types of performances: tragedy and comedy. No hybrids: cry or laugh. The essence of Greek comedies was to ridicule contemporary politicians for the audience. Tragedies were dedicated to the exploits of heroes from myths, scenes of their death could be shown.

If we translate the words "tragedy" and "comedy" from Greek into Russian, they will explain the origin of the Greek drama. The word "tragedy" consists of the Greek words "tragos" ("goat") and "ode" ("song"). It means that literally it will sound like "song of the goats" because Dionysus's companions were satyrs, goat-legged creatures who glorified exploits and the suffering of god.

The word "comedy" also contains two Greek words: "komos", "procession" of a drunken crowd of mummers who showered each other with jokes and ridicule, and "ode". Consequently, comedy is the "song of the komos".

1. The choir and actors have always performed in the theatre of antiquity. [True|False|Not stated].
2. Women and men could become actors. [True|False|Not stated].
3. The history of the ancient theatre covers almost a whole millennium. [True|False|Not stated].
4. Actors in ancient times wore masks, and thanks to this they could play many roles in one performance. [True|False|Not stated].
5. Amphitheatres appeared in Greece at the same time as the birth of the theatre. [True|False|Not stated].
6. The first performances were held in the open air. [True|False|Not stated].
7. The same performance could be shown several times. [True|False|Not stated].
8. In ancient Greece, there were three types of performances. [True|False|Not stated].