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• Reputed founder of tragic drama
• Greek poet who is said to have originated Greek tragedy (sixth century BC)
• Actor credited with inventing tragedy
• Eponymous poet of Greek drama

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Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old , is an operatic extravaganza that was the first collaboration between dramatist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan . No musical score of Thespis was ever published, and most of the music has been lost. Gilbert and ...