 
 <prompt> Wetin be one major influence for modern Greek theatre? Based on di question wey dey before, write one context wey get di answer. E fit be 1 - 20 sentences. Context: <response>: The modern Greek theatre start to dey happen after Greece gain independence for early 19th century, and e be like say e dey influenced by Heptanesean theatre and melodrama, like Italian opera. The Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù na di first theatre and opera house for modern Greece and na there dem perform the first Greek opera, Spyridon Xyndas' The Parliamentary Candidate (wey based on an exclusively Greek libretto). During late 19th and early 20th century, the theatre scene for Athens dey dominated by revues, musical comedies, operettas and nocturnes and some notable playwrights include Spyridon Samaras, Dionysios Lavrangas, Theophrastos Sakellaridis and others. 