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534 BCE
The first actor
The first ever actor was thespis in 534 or 535 BC by leaping on the back of a cart and talking as if he was in a play and spoke as if he was in a play. https://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/background/24a.html#:~:text=According%20to%20tradition%2C%20in%20534,we%20get%20the%20world%20thespian. -
500 BCE
When was the first performance
The first performance was in the 5th century in the theatre Dionysus in athens, and with that the theatre started to blow up and more and more theatres started to show up giving more entertainment for people.https://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/background/24b.html#:~:text=The%20first%20plays%20were%20performed%20in%20the%20Theatre%20of%20Dionysus,comedy%2C%20tragedy%20and%20satyr%20plays. -
175 BCE
Clothes
In the plays from the first ever created acting performances they wore clothing made from animals and as the world moves on we are starting to use other things like silk and cotton.
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The costs of the theaters before the 2 thousands
In the 1980s a normal ticket cost 25$ or maybe even more than that and theaters would up their prices to get more money for themselves which broadway grossed over 3.3million from 8 performances.
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Technology
In the early 80s people had to call a service and speak to a live operator several times a day to find out audition opportunities later we have cell phones and the internet messengers messaging machines etc.
https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/technology-changed-acting-career-54405/