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It was not fun; in fact, it was one of the worst things to choose as your profession at this time period. Actors were often looked uon with suspicion due to their traveling (which their job required) and were thought to be potential carriers of the Bubonic Plague (which was often on outbreak at this time).

Furthermore, they were often subject to unlawful arrest and punishment due to accusations from anyone who found foul against them and were even allowed to be arrested with no reason at all behind it.

Also, in order to be an actor (and travel) they had to have a license for each and were often subject to search. They were extremely poor and were barely higher up in the social class than beggars.

And when it came to their performances themselves, they were often rushed for time- forced to perform something new every day or so in order to keep their audience from becoming bored with them. And since they had no artificial light, all their plays had to be performed in the morning. Also, it was illegal for women to perform as actors because they were often accused of being prostitues, resulting with boys and young men (those whose voices have yet to break) to perform the female roles.

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