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    April 9,2024

    Why No Women in Shakespeare Plays


    Why Weren’t Women Allowed to Act in Shakespeare’s Plays?  The idea of an all-male cast performing Shakespeare’s plays might seem perplexing – particularly when some of his most powerful characters are women. After all, wouldn’t it make natural sense for a woman to embody the roles of Juliet, Cleopatra, or Lady Macbeth? Interestingly, this wasn’t…

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