This "Electra"fying playwright gets the credit for adding a third actor to Greek tragedies
[DOC] [TLE] CONVENTIONS OF THE GREEK TRAGIC THEATRE.pdf [PAR] tragedies of three playwrights plus a satyr play by each, making twelve plays in 
all, four ... of tragedy was the semi-legendary Thespis (from his named we get the 
word thespian ... Sophocles added a third actor and that was the end of that: each 
play .... plays (which were written years apart and are not a trilogy), Ajax, Electra,
... [DOC] [TLE] Study Guide for Elektra, Fall 2008 - Randolph College [PAR] and new things to do with the Greek tragedies for 2500 years, and I ... What 
follows is background information of various sorts to get you oriented, and ... 
winning playwright and actor each earned a place in the following year's ... point 
someone added a second actor (Aristotle gives Aeschylus the credit), ... Elektra [
Electra].