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Shakespeare did not find any actors to act in his plays, male or female. The acting company consisted of a group of actors who always took all the parts in the plays. Shakespeare wrote the plays for the actors not the other way around. So, when he was writing Macbeth, he put in the comic Porter so there would be a part for Robert Armin. He didn't have to find Armin to play the part of the Porter--he was already a part of the company. Even if there were small parts which members of the company could not play, it was not Shakespeare's job to hire on extra actors. That was Cuthbert Burbage's job (he was the company manager). It was against the law for females to actually appear on stage (Mary Frith was one who did, but she got punished for it), but there were teenaged boys in the company who were studying acting as apprentices and they played all the girls' parts. Adult male actors played older women.
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Did boys play the roles of women and children in Shakespeare's plays?
Yes, women weren't allowed to act.
What were the roles of women in Shakespeare's?
Women did not participate in Shakespearean plays. All roles, including female ones, were played by men.
In Shakespeare's plays did men play women?
Yes, men played women because women were apparantly not allowed to act.
Did actresses perform in Shakespeare's plays?
No, women weren't allowed to act in plays in England prior to the 1660s. Men or boys played the women's roles.
Why were women not used in Shakespeare's theatre?
Women were not used in his plays because in the times he was from it was a womans job to be a preformer so women were not allowed to act so he wrote his plays around that fact.
What humor do you find in Act 1 in Shakespeare?
Shakespeare wrote many plays, but your question doesn't give the name of the play.
What kind of people were not allowed to act in Shakespeare's plays?
It was unlawful for women to appear on stage in Shakespeare's day. (People couldn't imagine women getting on stage except for some kind of striptease) The women's parts in all plays performed before 1660 in England, whether by Shakespeare or by one of the many other paywrights of the day, were played by boys.
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.
Who atced plays during Shakespeare time?
Actors were all men. It was illegal for a woman to act. Young boys played the parts of women.
When did William shakespeare first act with a women?
Shakespeare never appeared onstage with a woman.
What are Shakespeare's plays divided by?
All of Shakespeare's plays were divided into 5 acts, each act with a different number of scenes.
Did both men and woman act in William Shakespeare's plays?
Yes, but only since 1660. Before that, only men acted in the plays.
