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  actor : QuicklyFind Info
Prior to Thespus' act, stories were told in song and dance and in third person narrative, but no one had assumed the role of a character in a story.
In reverence to Thespus, actors are formally referred to as thespians.
Theatrical myth to this day maintains that Thespus exists as a mischeivious spirit, and disasters in the theatre are sometimes blamed on his ghostly intervention.
www.quicklyfind.com /info/actor.htm   (616 words)

  
  Thespus
Thespus is claimed to be the first person ever to appear on stage as an actor in a play.
By becoming the first actor, Thespus not only created a new art form in acting, but had a substantial hand in changing the way stories were told and inventing theatre as we know it today.
In theatrical myth (or superstition), Thespus is said to exist now as a mischievous spirit, and when things go wrong in performances it is often blamed on his ghostly intervention.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/t/th/thespus.html   (317 words)

  
 Actor
Prior to Thespus' act, stories were told in song and dance and in third person narrative, but no one had assumed the role of a character in a story.
In reverence to Thespus, actors are formally referred to as thespians.
Theatrical myth to this day maintains that Thespus exists as a mischievous spirit, and disasters in the theatre are sometimes blamed on his ghostly intervention.
publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/a/ac/actor.html   (652 words)

  
 Dr. Skull's Conan Cult Campaign
They discover from the shepherds that the woman who betrayed them was probably the bandit leader Areisto, who leads a strong bandit force with her lover Thespus (a Gunderman renegade) in the mountains.
Grimjob discovers that Areisto and Thespus have some sort of fort in the mountains, on the Nemedian side, about 40-60 miles north of the Road of Kings.
Thespus leads his Gundermen out of the fort and proceeds to inflict a righteous ass-beating on our heroes, so that Grodd and Conrad take flight.
conan.createl.net /session8.html   (1043 words)

  
 Tempers Ball :: View topic - Stalkers in the Darkness(RASP RP)
Thespus was amuzed at the thought of the elf calling him out and trying to pass it off as casual conversation, especially after he had just killed their only lead to their would be assassin.
When Thespus returned in a more "human" form, and told them about the up and coming mob, he quickly hid, aiming, as he suspected Thespus was, to gain an advantage through surprise.
Thespus sighed lightly as the elf bolted, and gestured grandly to the horse as Loki eyed him with a questioning gaze as he mounted.
www.evernight.com /boards/canon/viewtopic.php?t=2584   (4285 words)

  
 All in a Year's Work: Winter Part 3 - by L. Fox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Thespus and I both looked up in the direction of the sound and what we saw was enough to make the blood run cold.
Thespus pulled himself hand over hand to us and when he was near enough Xena reached a powerful arm down and plucked him up as if he were a child.
Thespus and I gingerly walked out to where she was still hunkered down on the ledge.
www.amazontrails.com /xena/yearswinter3.htm   (14836 words)

  
 Actor - Simple English Wikipedia
The first time we know an actor worked was in 534 B.C., probably on November 23rd.
The changes in calendar over the years make it hard to say exactly when the Greek actor Thespus became the first person to speak words as a character in a play at the Theatre Dionysus.
Before then, people sang and danced stories, but no-one had been a person in the story.
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Actor   (511 words)

  
 THe Augmentation [rec.humor.funny]
A man named Thespus and his travelling company...wearing masks, they perform the rites of Dionysius and other works which I have heard called purely inspired.
Thespus arrived this morning with his entire company.
When asked "Is Thespus' tragedy a form of art?", the priestess replied, "No tickee, no washee", leaving me to ponder long, yea very long...
www.netfunny.com /rhf/jokes/90q3/mayplay.html   (808 words)

  
 All in a Year's Work: Winter Part 2
Xena glanced at Thespus out of the corner of her eye and then returned her attention to the thwarted bandit.
Thespus smiled ruefully and said, "Your assumption that these people practiced thievery is a logical one.
Thespus moved in beside me and, watching the commanding stride gracefully up the trail, said, "The great warrioress is not one to waste words is she?"
www.xenafan.com /fiction/content3/winter_2.htm   (19451 words)

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