First actor
Thespis was the first performer ever recorded.He was an actor in Greece in 534 BC.At this time,Greek actor used masks,and Thespis was the first to use stages make up.
World's oldest theatres
The oldest indoor theatre in the world is the Teatro Olimpico Vicenza,Italy which opened on 3 March 1585.London's oldest theatre is the Theatre Royal,Drury Lane,which opened on 7 May 1663.It burnt down in 1672 and was rebuilt in Sir Christoper Wren. In 1800 it become the world's first theatre to have safety curtain.The oldest surviving theatre in the USA is the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
World's biggest theatres
The National People's Congress Building Theatre,Beijing Theatre,Beijing,China was built in 1959 and can hold audience of 10,000.The Perth Entertainment Centre,Australia (1976) has up to 8,500 seats,the Chaplin (originally Blanquetta),Havana,Cuba (1949)has 6,500 and Radio City Music Hall,New York,USA has 6,200.The 3,483-seater Hammersmith Odeon is the Largest theatre in Britain,but The Royal Albert Hall in London can hold up to 7,000 depending on the event and how the seating is oranized.
Worst disaster at a theatre
Fires,in which people were burned to death or templed panic to escape,have caused the worst disaster at theatres.The worst ever was at Canton now (Guangzhou),China in 1845 when 1,670 died,Europe's worst was at the Ring Theatre,Vienna,Austria,in 1881,which killed at least 620 people .The worst in the USA was at the Iroquois Theatre,Chic
ago,in 1903,which left 602 dead.These are the worth single-building (rather than city or forest) files in history
Longest play
Neil Oram's The Warp was first performed at the ICA ( Institute of Contemporary Art) in London from 18-20 January 1979.It lasted 18 hours and 5 minutes.