According to those good folk at Wikipedia Aristotle and I think some other ancient worthies claim it was on this day in 534 before our common era that Thespis of Icaria introduced a new theatrical style he called a tragedy, and in which, for the first time we are aware of in the historical record, someone played the part of a character on a stage. (Not long after he would take it on the road, and with that inventing the... Read more