Plays and actors

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Q1: What were the two kinds of plays the ancient Greeks put on?

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Some plays were designed to make people laugh – they were comedies – and others told stories with sad endings – they were tragedies.

Tragedies were more popular. Most Greek tragedies are based on mythology or history and deal with characters’ search for the meaning of life and the nature of the gods.