4est_4est_Gump
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Is the lack of transgenderism being awarded...

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Flogging the waters I see. *chuckle*
Ishmael
Trying to liven up a boring morning...
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Yeah, I've got one desperately trying to prove that over in the other thread.
Yeah, I've got one desperately trying to prove that over in the other thread.
I've been watching.
Ishmael
The new Director of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre wants to give more roles in Shakespeare plays to women.
In Shakespeare's time all female roles were played by boys. While the boys were good, they didn't have the acting experience or range of the older men, so the female roles are usually not as demanding or prominent. The male roles have more lines, more scenes and more of the dramatic moments.
So the new director wants to consider having women take on some of the major male roles - Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, or possibly even an all-female cast for some plays.
Whether it will work? Time will tell. It won't be a first. Women have played major male roles in Shakespeare before as far back as the early 19th Century.
But dramatic Shakespeare roles for women are limited.