The phrase "ancient actors" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to performers from historical periods, particularly in the context of theater or drama.
Example: "The ancient actors of Greece laid the foundation for modern theatrical performances."
Alternatives: "historical performers" or "classical actors".
Written by Anne Nichols, one of a number of American female dramatists who flourished in a period when they were almost unknown in Britain, the show is name-checked by Stephen Sondheim in Follies, mentioned, in an ancient actor's anthem of survival "I'm Still Here", as one of the things she has endured and outlived.
"I used to think that because of the language I might not be able to understand, but I checked out first of all the ancient comic actors like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and the Marx brothers, and then your Mr Bean, and I get the joke.
As you may know, ancient Greek actors wore large masks on stage.
424 BCE Crates, (died before 424 bc, Athens, Greece), ancient Greek actor and author of comedies.
With some props and aids — a headdress for the god, a drummer, and a flautist — an ancient Babylonian actor could transport his audience into the scene of the Deluge, a world that was ancient even to the ancients.
There is also ample opportunity to take a picture with Mulan, the animated character from Ancient China, whose actor can be found posing in Fantasy Gardens, the park's dedicated area for taking photos with Disney characters.
Cothurni (92) Footwear worn by actors in ancient Greece.
The obvious choice would have been to put the statues in ancient costume and the actors in street clothes.
Whitewashed swords and sandals epic Gods of Egypt sank beneath the sands at the US box office this weekend, a victim of scathing reviews and controversy over its casting of largely European actors as ancient Egyptian gods and mortals.
A thumbnail story of the misadventures of a woebegone troupe of unemployed actors in ancient Rome, this miniplay is driven by older forms of comic shtick, the kinds associated with burlesque houses, Milton Berle and the Hope and Crosby "Road" movies.
