Actor
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An actor, or actress, is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and telev
Henry Irving in The Bells, 1874
In Mulan (2020), Liu Yifei portrays the iconic character of Mulan, who initially disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army.
Helena Modrzejewska, a Polish-American actress, by Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, 1880.
Isabella Andreini, 1588 print
Theatre
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Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors, to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, o
Actor
…or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs), literally "one who answers". The actor's…
The best-preserved example of a classical Greek theatre, the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, has a circular orchêstra and probably gives the best idea of the original shape of the Athenian theatre, though it dates from the 4th century BC.
Greek Theatre of Taormina, Sicily, Magna Graecia, in present-day Italy
Roman theatre of Benevento
Roman mosaic depicting actors and an aulos player (House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii)