FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Women
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Men and Women
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Young Boys and Men
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Young ladies
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the age of 30, Hughes made theatre history by becoming the first woman known to perform on an English stage, when on 8 December 1660, she played the role of Desdemona in William Shakespeare’s play Othello, in a production by Thomas Killigrew’s new King’s Company at their Vere Street theatre.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. ‘We don’t know exactly why women were not allowed to perform …
Detailed explanation-3: -Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s fiercest female characters. She is ambitious and ruthless as the men in her world.