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We don't have much information about which roles which actors played in Shakespeare's day. Sometimes the printed copy of a play gives the name of the actor instead of the character, which helps. In one of the quartos of Romeo and Juliet the lines for Peter are marked as being for "Kemp" which tells us that Will Kempe played Peter. Unfortunately, we have no such slipup to help us with Shakespeare's roles. There is a legend that he played the Ghost in Hamlet. A contemporary said that Shakespeare favoured "kingly roles".
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe Ghosts or any of the "Shades" in the play. He played the role of the ghost of Hamlet's father.
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∙ 11y agoHe wrote plays, same as nowadays.
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Hamlet
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Horatio
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The ghost
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Who play in Shakespeare's roles and why?
Actors inevitably play the roles in Shakespeare's plays, although some roles nowadays are played by actresses. Sometimes these are professional actors who earn their money this way, and sometimes they are amateurs who have a different day job. Either way, people who are not in interested in acting rarely play Shakespeare's roles (or indeed any roles).
Which role did shakespeare play in Julius Caesar?
We do not know. There is very little information about what roles Shakespeare played.
What was true for those who watched a play at the Globe Theatre during Shakespeare's day?
The thing that is most true for someone watching a play in Shakespeare's day has to do with gender differences. Someone watching a play at the Globe Theater in Shakespeare's day will notice that all roles are played by males. This includes female roles.
Did boys play the roles of women and children in Shakespeare's plays?
Yes, women weren't allowed to act.
Were woman allowed to performe shakespeare play when he was live?
No, women's roles were played by young boys, although at times women would dress up as men to be allowed to play women's roles!
Who play in Shakespeare's roles and why?
Actors inevitably play the roles in Shakespeare's plays, although some roles nowadays are played by actresses. Sometimes these are professional actors who earn their money this way, and sometimes they are amateurs who have a different day job. Either way, people who are not in interested in acting rarely play Shakespeare's roles (or indeed any roles).
Which role did shakespeare play in Julius Caesar?
We do not know. There is very little information about what roles Shakespeare played.
What was true for those who watched a play at the Globe Theatre during Shakespeare's day?
The thing that is most true for someone watching a play in Shakespeare's day has to do with gender differences. Someone watching a play at the Globe Theater in Shakespeare's day will notice that all roles are played by males. This includes female roles.
What was Shakespeare's favorite role to play?
His favorite role to play was the role of a king. It was said that he favoured "kingly roles" by one of his contemporaries.
Who played Shakespeare's roles and why?
Actors played all of Shakespeare's roles, because they were trained in acting.
Did boys play the roles of women and children in Shakespeare's plays?
Yes, women weren't allowed to act.
Did shakespeare play the part of a woman?
Probably not. All of the roles he played that we know of were men. It was said by a contemporary that he "favoured kingly roles", not queenly ones. The actors who did female impersonation were generally specialists at that art, but Shakespeare was not one of them.
Were woman allowed to performe shakespeare play when he was live?
No, women's roles were played by young boys, although at times women would dress up as men to be allowed to play women's roles!
Did men play all the parts in Romeo and Juliet?
In Shakespeare's time yes, all roles were played by men.
Why did elizabeth play shakespeares female roles?
I don't know what Elizabeth you are speaking of, but I presume it was because she was a female Shakespearean actress who was acting after the year 1660 sometime. Sometimes actresses play the male roles in Shakespeare as well.
What role were women allowed to play in Shakespeare's time?
All of the female roles were played by male actors in Shakespere's time.
Who played all the women roles in shakespeare play?
Women's roles in Shakespeare's plays were usually performed by boy actors. Shakespeare jokes about this several times - especially in Hamlet and in As You Like It. It was illegal during the Sixteenth Century for women to perform in plays, and most Elizabethan playwrights wrote only minor roles for female characters as a result. Shakespeare seems to have been one of the first playwrights to give women characters important roles in his plays - though after Shakespeare's time quite a few playwrights began to write important roles for women.
