How does the everyday life of ceremonies, rituals, role playing, and storytelling in an ancient civilization evolve into the elements of an important performing art, theatre?

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

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The everyday life of ceremonies, rituals, role-playing, and storytelling in an ancient civilization evolved into the elements of important performing art and theatre in that those ceremonies, rituals, and storytelling portrayed everyday life situations that were an intrinsic part of ancient civilizations.

All those elements were used by ancient authors to write stories that could be represented in front of an audience. The best example we have is ancient Greece. Yes, ancient Greeks had many prominent names in drama and comedy. Authors wrote many classical Greek plays that described real-life situations so people could see identified in those situations and that was a major factor for the acceptance of the plays.

We are talking about Greek Authors such as Aristophanes Sophocles, Euripides, and Herodotus.  

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