Sujet : Re: The Demonization of Shakespeare
De : psperson (at) *nospam* old.netcom.invalid (Paul S Person)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.written alt.usage.englishDate : 15. Jul 2025, 19:26:21
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On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 01:07:01 +0100, JNugent <
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On 09/07/2025 10:14 PM, William Hyde wrote:
<snippo>
In Aubrey's "Brief Lives" he mentions one daring theatre manager who
allowed women to play on stage circa 1660.
>
That - the Restoration - was when actresses were first tolerated. It was
16662 when Charles II Charles II issued royal patents to theatre
companies, formally permitting women to play womens roles.
In the film /Moliere/, women are shown as performers. This was in
France and Charles II was in exile in France. The possibility here is
that he allowed it because he was accustomed to it.
<https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/the-first-english-actresses/>
-- "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,Who evil spoke of everyone but God,Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"