1. Women of Trachis
The play featured the same actor, with different masks, portraying the roles of both Deianira and Heracles. ... When the characters were played by the same actor, it gave the audience an indication that the two were related in some manner without telling the audience what the actual relationship between the two characters was. ... You very seldom hear of an author who has the same actor to play the roles of both major characters. ... Very seldom do you watch a play that has the same actor portraying more than one character. Throughout the course of the play the audience was left wondering ...
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