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Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 19:44:32 -0500
From: Janice Liedl <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list FICINO <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Why Boy Actors?
This thread has aroused my curiosity. I've a reference to a 1536 mss
mentioning the corrupting influence of plays (esp. those of Robin
Hood and Marian). Does anyone (maybe from REED) have reference to
women's role/who portrayed them for these pre-Elizabethan plays?
I'd also be interested in learning how and when women participated in
amateur stagings/entertainments/etc. I've seen a great deal on the
ceremonial festivities (such as triumphs) where women play some roles--
are those a rare exception or more the rule for non-professional
entertainments in the Renaissance?
Such information would be very intriguing to include in a forthcoming
class discussion in my women and the family history course.
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Janice Liedl, Dept. of History "Like as his life was wicked and full
[log in to unmask] of dissimulation, so was his end
Laurentian University thereafter." -- Lady Jane Grey Dudley
Sudbury, Ontario (d. 1554) on the Duke of Northumberland
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