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An actor is a person who acts, or plays a role, in an artistic
production. The term commonly refers to someone working in movies,
television, live theatre, or radio, and can occasionally denote a
street entertainer. Besides playing dramatic roles, actors may also
sing or dance or work only on radio or as a voice artist. A female
actor may be known as an actress, although some prefer the term "actor"
because of its gender-neutrality. An actor usually plays a fictional
character. In the case of a true story (or a fictional story that
portrays real people) an actor may play a real person (or a fictional
version of the same). Occassionally, actors appear as themselves. The
first recorded case of an actor performing took place in 534 BC
(probably on 23 November, though the changes in calendar over the years
make it hard to determine exactly) when the Greek performer Thespis
stepped on to the stage at the Theatre Dionysus and became the first
person to speak words as a character in a play. The machinations of
storytelling were immediately revolutionized. Prior to Thespis' 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 honour of
Thespis, actors are commonly called Thespians. Theatrical myth to this
day maintains that Thespis exists as a mischievous spirit, and
disasters in the theatre are sometimes blamed on his ghostly
intervention. Actors were traditionally not people of high status, and
in the Early Middle Ages travelling acting troupes were often viewed
with distrust. However, this negative perception dramaticaly changed in
20th Century as acting became an honored and popular profession and
art. Part of the reason is due to the rise of the popular appeal and
access to dramatic film entertainment and the resulting rise of the
movie star in social status and the large salaries they commanded. The
combination of public presence and wealth had a profound rehabilitation
to the image. In the past, only men could become actors. In the ancient
and medieval world, it was considered disgraceful for a woman to go on
the stage, and this belief continued right up until the 17th century,
when in Venice it was broken. In the time of William Shakespeare,
women's roles were played by men or boys, though there is some evidence
to suggest that women disguised as men also (illegally) performed.