the first plays to be called comedies or tragedies would be the greek plays
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AnswerThe earliest surviving tragedies are those of Aeschylus, who lived from 525-456 BC.
The last play of Shakespeare's four great tragedies is "Macbeth" and it was written in 1606. He wrote the first of the great tragedies, "Hamlet" in 1600.
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A dance performed in Greek tragedies
A dance performed in Greek tragedies
Four plays: three tragedies and one comedy
Tragedies and Comedies
They performed a lot of tragedies.
Tragedies did not drift into comedies. The were performed at separate festivals: the tragic in the spring and the comic in the winter.
the first plays to be called comedies or tragedies would be the greek plays
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People paid good money to see them performed, and still do.
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Poets were invited to bring the first tragedies in the fifth century BC in Greece to be performed as part of festivals honoring Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and fertility. These tragic performances were held as part of the annual City Dionysia festival in Athens. The poets would compete in the dramatic competition and present their plays to the audience.
AnswerThe earliest surviving tragedies are those of Aeschylus, who lived from 525-456 BC.