The actor‘ assumes the role’ of another, presents it before an audience in an artistic fashion.
Historically, the first person to assume the role of an actor was believed to be a man named Thespis, from Icaria of ancient Greece.
Plays during his time, which were then called choric dithyrambs, is a chorus made up of 50 singers or portrayers who narrates the story through song.
Thespis was one of those composing the chorus and sang together with the group until one fateful event, as was told through time, when he stepped out of the chorus during one narrative song and spoke to the audience as a separate character in the story.
This led to the beginning of how acting is associated with character portrayal.
From his name was derived the term thespian, which has come to mean any sort of performer, mainly an actor.
Actors ideally should possess a number of skills like good vocal projection, clarity of speech, physical expressiveness, good sense of perspective, emotional versatility, creative imagination, situational analysis and ability to immerse an portray a number of emotional and physical conditions.
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