Abstract
The word 'theatre' finds its roots in the Greek, the word theomai means 'to watch', and has given theatron, that has later become 'theatre'. The theatre was born during the Antiquity when some priests began to mime religious scenes in order to gather the population for some religious principles. Later, in the Antiquity it has become more literary with Thespis and Sophocles, who introduced more actors in the play. Since then, the theatre has become a real art through trends like the Comedia Dell Arte, the Elizabethan Theatre, and all the theatre trends from the 19th century to today. What is 'theatre'? This word refers to both a building and an art. The second meaning is a show, when a few people called actors play characters for an audience. The actors play their characters through their feelings and according to the advice of the producer. Some actors play characters, a place, an act, a time and an audience is needed for a theatre play to exist.
