Medieval English Theatre volumes 5:2 (1983), 7:1 (1985), 9:1 (1987).
Maid Marians in the last one.
Meg Twycross
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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?
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> 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?
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> 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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