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 Theatre
• The history of theatre charts the development
of theatre over the past 2,500 years. 
• The first plays were performed in the Theatre of Dionysus
, built in the shadow of the Acropolis in Athens at the
beginning of the 5th century, but theatres proved to be
so popular they soon spread all over Greece.
•  Since classical Athens in the 6th century BC, vibrant
traditions of theatre have flourished in cultures across the
world
 Who is The First Actor
• According to tradition, in 534 or 535 BC, 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.
•  He was born in the ancient city of Icarius
• . Eventually, in 534 BC competitions to find the best tragedy were instituted at
the City Dionysia in Athens, and Thespis won the first documented
competition
 Singing
 Men sang out their feelings long before they were able to speak their
thoughts.
 Singing, the vocal production of musical tones, is so basic to man its
origins are long lost in antiquity and predate the development of spoken
language. The voice is presumed to be the original musical instrument,
and there is no human culture, no matter how remote or isolated, that
does not sing.
 Not only is singing ancient and universal, in primitive cultures it is an
important function associated not so much with entertainment or frivolity
as with matters vital to the individual, social group, or religion. Primitive
man sings to invoke his gods with prayers and incantations, celebrate his
rites of passage with chants and songs, and recount his history and heroics
with ballads and epics. There are even cultures that regard singing as such
an awesome act they have creation myths relating that they were sung into
existence
Kishore Kumar

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 Kishore Kumar

• Kishore Kumar was an Indian playback singer and actor.

• He was one of the most popular singers in the Indian film
industry and from soft numbers to peppy tracks to romantic
moods, Kumar sang in different genres but some of his rare
compositions which were considered classics were lost in time.
According to Ashok Kumar, Kumar's success came because his
voice hit the microphone straight at its most sensitive point. He
is widely regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history
of Indian music.
 Jagjit Singh
• Jagjit Singh, born Jagmohan Singh Dhiman  popularly known
as "The Ghazal King" or "King of Ghazals", was an Indian
composer, singer and musician.
• He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited
for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art
form, by choosing poetry that was relevant to the masses and
composing them in a way that laid more emphasis on the
meaning of words and melody evoked by them. In terms of Indian
Classical music, his style of composing and Gayaki (singing) is
considered as Bol-pradhan, one that lays emphasis on words.
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