Greek Theatre started in Athens between 600 and 200 B.C. as festivals of music and singing to honor Greek gods. The theatre, known as a theatron were very large and open structures usually built on a hillside with the stage at the bottom. The theatres drew a crowd of sometimes up to 15,000 people. The festivals eventually evolved into plays and dramatic competitions. The plays took place during the day and consisted of only actors and a chorus on the stage with no props o scenery. The actors carried masks which depicted facial expressions to convey emotions to the audience. There were three parts to a play, a beginning speech or epic, the chorus and the actual scenes of the play. The chorus told the story of the play and the actors did not speak but used their masks to act their parts. The two types of plays were the tragedy which had a sad ending and the comedy which always had a happy ending.

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