when did an actor become a job?

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when did an actor become a job?

2007-03-19 09:08:00 · 3 answers · asked by garnes d 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment

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Around Shakespeare's time I think.

Before then actors were just men who would volunteer to put on a play. But about the time of Will Shakespeare there was a real demand for newer better plays (Queen Elizabeth REALLY loved them) that they started hiring men to act, and the first acting troupes were formed.

2007-03-19 09:38:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋

well just about as long as there have been public plays that sell tickets. So, basically, since the time of the Egyptians

2007-03-19 16:30:05 · answer #2 · answered by Together 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

ancient greece is the earliest i have heard about.

2007-03-19 16:15:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋