ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Women were allowed to act in the theatre until 1660 as it was judged to be unseemly for a woman to undertake such a profession. Young boys were therefore hired to act in the female roles. The costumes used for the female characters were extremely elaborate, reflecting the clothes worn during the Elizabethan era.

Detailed explanation-2: -Women on the stage Women’s parts were played by boys and young men, which perhaps gave an added comic frisson to the cross-dressing in some of Shakespeare’s early plays. It was therefore interesting to hear that this was not actually the result of a law.

Detailed explanation-3: -Women were not allowed to be on the stage because it was considered “dangerous.” Men played male characters as well as female characters! “The Greeks believed that allowing women to perform publicly would be too dangerous and that having men portray them neutralized the danger.” (Source) So what about the Romans?

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