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Young boys, girls and young women. Yes, the boys also played boys, like Mamillius in The Winter's Tale, Prince Arthur in King John, Edward V and his brother the Duke of York in Richard III, the young Duke Humphrey in Henry IV Part 2, Falstaff's boy in Henry V and so on.

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What roles did young boys play in shakespeares play?

Little Girls, or rather young women. Shakespeare has no characters who are prepubescent girls. That would be a waste of the relatively scarce boy actors. However, the boy actors did play young boys, such as Prince Arthur in King John, or King Edward V in Richard III or Mamillius in A Winter's Tale.


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purely because that is what most of Shakespearean characters were, boys! hope this helped you.


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No, his play more tragic and full with suspension.


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For what club does Steve von Bergen play?

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