Re: The Demonization of Shakespeare

On 7/8/2025 6:28 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:

On 08/04/2025 16:49, Paul S Person wrote:

<snippo Shakespeare examples of what the alt-right calls "woke">
<I should note that is has always been my understanding (probably from
something I was told or read) that Romeo and Juliet would have been
about 13, but who can say for sure?>

 I seem to remember that in several U.S. states,
that isn't a problem.
 However, "Juliet" originally is a boy actor
in a dress.  This could be brought up.
 In some British actor's recent memoir that
I heard on radio, I've forgotten who, the
school drama was similarly cast, since that's
all that they had.  I also don't remember if
he was Juliet or Cleopatra or Lady Macbeth,
but apparently the male lead role was a
good-looking young man.
 Ian McKellen?
 Gregory Doran?

Last night, I watched an episode of 'The Sandman'
in which there is included parts of a
Shakespeare-contemporaneous production of 'A
Midsummer Night's Dream' The female parts are
played by young men.
I know this is historically accurate, but I don't
remember seeing it done this way in any other modern
film or TV adaption.
pt