<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespis" id="mwEQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thespis">Thespis</a> of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage.<sup about="#mwt16" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_23#cite_note-1" id="mwEg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwEw">[1]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"><cite about="#mwt12" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFDominic_Selwood2016">Dominic Selwood (23 November 2016). <span class="id-lock-subscription" id="mwB4Y" title="Paid subscription required"><a class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/23/day-ancient-athenian-performer-invents-theatre-know/" id="mwB4c" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"On this day: an ancient Athenian performer invents the theatre as we know it"</a></span>. <i id="mwB4g">The Telegraph</i>. <a class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/23/day-ancient-athenian-performer-invents-theatre-know/" id="mwB4k" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 2022-01-12<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB4o">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB4s">19 December</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt12" class="Z3988" id="mwB4w" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Telegraph&amp;rft.atitle=On+this+day%3A+an+ancient+Athenian+performer+invents+the+theatre+as+we+know+it&amp;rft.date=2016-11-23&amp;rft.au=Dominic+Selwood&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2F2016%2F11%2F23%2Fday-ancient-athenian-performer-invents-theatre-know%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANovember+23"></span><span about="#mwt15" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"cbignore","href":"./Template:Cbignore"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}' id="mwB40" typeof="mw:Transclusion"></span></span>