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[[File:07Delphi Theater03.jpg|thumbnail|280px|The Greek theatre at [[Delphi, Greece|Delphi]]: in the most dramatic natural setting.]]
The '''Greek chorus''' was part of [[Ancientancient Greek theatre]].<ref name=Pavis>Pavis, Patrice 1998. ''Dictionary of the theatre: terms, concepts, and analysis''. Transl. by Christine Shantz. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802081630.</ref> It was a group of [[mask]]ed [[performer]]s who looked alike, and spoke all at the same time.<ref>They spoke the same words at the same time, as if they were one person.</ref> All the chorus wore [[wikt:identical|identical]] masks, because they represented the same character or group of characters.<ref name="didaskalia.net">Vovolis, Thanos and Giorgos Zamboulakis. 2005. The acoustical mask of Greek tragedy. ''Didaskalia'' '''7'''.1 [http://www.didaskalia.net/issues/vol7no1/vovolis_zamboulakis.html Didaskalia.net]</ref> Worn by the chorus, the masks created a sense of unity and uniformity, a kind of single organism.<ref name=Angie>Many references on ancient Greek masks and modern performance in Varakis, Angie 2004. “Research on the ancient mask,” ''Didaskalia'', '''6'''.1 [http://www.didaskalia.net/issues/vol6no1/varakis.html Didaskalia.net]</ref>
The style was to comment on what was happening in the play, and help the audience know what a character was thinking. The chorus offered background information, summaries and comments. In many of these plays, the chorus told the audience what the main characters could not say, such as their hidden fears or secrets. Bear in mind that faces could not be seen, as performers wore [[mask]]s, and the audience was at a distance.
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