What is the history of entertainment?

What is the history of entertainment?
You'll have to a more specific. "Entertainment" encompasses film, TV, music, sports, books, art, theater & then all the subcategories of those. Your question cannot be answered in the way you phrased it. But entertainment in general came around probably when cavemen, or whatever the first people were, came around.


ANSWER:The above answer is incorrect. You can look at the history of entertainment and while it encompasses a wide field, a simple definition of entertainment can start you off. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, entertainment the action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment. Entertainment therefore can be traced as far back as when our ancestors were living in caves. We have a great deal of evidence of storytelling (which is a form of entertainment) through paintings on the walls of the caves. From there all you need to do is look at verbal storytelling - which also goes as far back as language and well before the written word. Once words were written, these stories were then able to be read aloud, performed as plays or read to oneself. These are the beginnings of reading for fun or enlightenment and going to plays. This is all just a small sample of the history of entertainment. I hope others pick it up from here and continue on.