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Acccording to tradition 534 or 535 B.C., Thespis astounded audiences by leaping on to the back of a wooden cart and reciting poetry as if he was the characters whose lines he was reading. In doing so he became the world`s first actor, and it is from him that we get the world thespian.
Thespis is credited for introducing a new style in which one singer or actor performed the words of individual characters in the stories, distinguishing between the characters with the aid of different masks.
Thespis was born in Attica, and was the first prize winner at the Great Dionysia in 534 B.C. He was an important innovator for the theatre, since he introduced such things as the independent actor, as opposed to the choir, as well as masks, make up and costumes.
The Father of Drama and won a prize for tragedy in 535 B.C.
Thespis is also the first winner of a theatrical award. He takes the prize in the first competiton for tragedy, held in Athens om 534 B.C. Theatrical contests become a regular feature of the annual festival in honous of Dionysus, held over four days each spring and known as the City Dionysia.