Very few, since the leads are more often than not male roles. Not that this has stopped some actresses. Sarah Bernhart's Hamlet was much remarked on. So was Charlotte Cushman's Romeo (she preferred the male roles anyway). Diane Venora has not only played Ophelia (to Kevin Kline's Hamlet) and Gertrude (to Ethan Hawke's Hamlet) but has also played Hamlet, although on stage, not on film.
The roles of Cleopatra and Rosalind (in As You Like It) are the closest Shakespeare comes to true female leads, and every Shakespearean actress worth her salt has had a whack at them.
Shakespeare's plays have regularly been played in London from about 1590 to the present day, with the exception of the years 1642 to 1660.
Men and boys played these parts. It was considered indecent for women to appear on stage.
Richard Burbage played most of the male leads. Will Kempe was a clown who played comic parts. He was later replaced by Robert Armin. John Heminges and Henry Condell were two other actors who were in the same company, along with Thomas Pope and Augustine Philips.
No
Men because females werent allowed to act in those days.
Shakespeare's plays have regularly been played in London from about 1590 to the present day, with the exception of the years 1642 to 1660.
Men and boys played these parts. It was considered indecent for women to appear on stage.
Richard Burbage played most of the male leads. Will Kempe was a clown who played comic parts. He was later replaced by Robert Armin. John Heminges and Henry Condell were two other actors who were in the same company, along with Thomas Pope and Augustine Philips.
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No
Men because females werent allowed to act in those days.
I first found Shakespeare's plays when I was introduced to them at school.
hamlet
The Globe Theater, London.
england.
The Puritans.
wrote lots of plays