Aikaterini Panayiotou: The first Greek actress

Even though the theatre was born in Greece, it declined during the Turkish occupation, as most areas of social life did. However, after the Greek Revolution of 1821 and the country's liberation from the Turkish yoke, all customs and cultural activities gradually recovered. With them, the theater art started to emerge slowly. Initially, only men appeared in the modern Greek theatre, as the preconceptions of the time considered it scandalous for a woman to become an actress and appear on stage. However, some women overcame these prejudices and fulfilled their dreams. One of the first Greek actresses was Aikaterini Panayiotou. She came from Epirus and worked initially as a silk factory worker when she came to Athens. In 1840 she performed for the first time. Then, in 1842 she became a member of the Committee of the Athens Theater and participated in the staging of many theaters shows until the committee's suspension in 1846. Shortly after, Aikaterini Panayiotou left the theatre to get married.

The "fragment" was added at the suggestion of Mrs. Francesca – Eleftheria Tsouni