FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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women
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men
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Traditionally, the noun actor referred to a male performer, while actress was used to describe a female. These days, it’s become more common to use actor for players of any gender.
Detailed explanation-2: -The word actor refers to a person who acts regardless of gender while actress refers specifically to a female. The Dictionary states that originally the term Actor was used for both sexes. “I was a professional actor for 40 years.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most commonly used word is actor. Actress can be used for a female actor.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to tradition, in 534 or 535 BC, Thespis astounded audiences by leaping on to the back of a wooden cart and reciting poetry as if he was the characters whose lines he was reading. In doing so he became the world’s first actor, and it is from him that we get the world thespian.