In ancient Greek drama wearing mask is allowed to shift a character. The situation is: Your class will perform a modern stage pl
ay. Your subject teacher instructed that there should be 10 actors to act. If the lesson is all about Ancient Greek drama, is it applicable for the actors to wear mask? Yes or no and why?
Masks served several important purposes in Ancient Greek theater: their exaggerated expressions helped define the characters the actors were playing; they allowed actors to play more than one role (or gender); they helped audience members in the distant seats see and, by projecting sound somewhat like a small megaphone
