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Why wasnt there any actresses in shakespeares plays?

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Are you talking about at the time of Shakespear? Because it was unseemly for women to display themselves in such a manner in public. Kissing went on in the plays, and no woman kissed anyone other than her husband. 'Acting' wasn't a consideration.

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