Not in England, but it was allowed elsewhere at that time, for example on the Continent.
Because it was seen as revealing for women to do it.
Women were not allowed to preform at any theatre in Shakespeare's time. Women first appeared on stage in England after 1660.
All of the female roles were played by male actors in Shakespere's time.
Women were not allowed on stage in Shakespeare's day. Female characters were played by prepubescent boy actors whose voices had not been deepened by testosterone.
only men, as the women werent allowed to be on the stage, a tradition which continued into Shakespeare's time with female parts being played by males with unbroken voices
Boys played the parts of young women because their voices had not yet broken and their voices sounded more like women's. Women were not allowed on stage because it was considered indecent, even pornographic, for them to do so.
Because it was seen as revealing for women to do it.
Women were not allowed to preform at any theatre in Shakespeare's time. Women first appeared on stage in England after 1660.
All of the female roles were played by male actors in Shakespere's time.
Women were not allowed on stage in Shakespeare's day. Female characters were played by prepubescent boy actors whose voices had not been deepened by testosterone.
In Shakespeare's time, women were not allowed to act on the stage. All female roles had to be done by boys or young men. Therefore the playwrights of that time were restricted in the number of women's roles they could write and still have convincing "actresses".In Shakespeare's time, women were not allowed to act on the stage. All female roles had to be done by boys or young men. Therefore the playwrights of that time were restricted in the number of women's roles they could write and still have convincing "actresses".In Shakespeare's time, women were not allowed to act on the stage. All female roles had to be done by boys or young men. Therefore the playwrights of that time were restricted in the number of women's roles they could write and still have convincing "actresses".In Shakespeare's time, women were not allowed to act on the stage. All female roles had to be done by boys or young men. Therefore the playwrights of that time were restricted in the number of women's roles they could write and still have convincing "actresses".In Shakespeare's time, women were not allowed to act on the stage. All female roles had to be done by boys or young men. Therefore the playwrights of that time were restricted in the number of women's roles they could write and still have convincing "actresses".In Shakespeare's time, women were not allowed to act on the stage. All female roles had to be done by boys or young men. Therefore the playwrights of that time were restricted in the number of women's roles they could write and still have convincing "actresses".In Shakespeare's time, women were not allowed to act on the stage. All female roles had to be done by boys or young men. Therefore the playwrights of that time were restricted in the number of women's roles they could write and still have convincing "actresses".In Shakespeare's time, women were not allowed to act on the stage. All female roles had to be done by boys or young men. Therefore the playwrights of that time were restricted in the number of women's roles they could write and still have convincing "actresses".In Shakespeare's time, women were not allowed to act on the stage. All female roles had to be done by boys or young men. Therefore the playwrights of that time were restricted in the number of women's roles they could write and still have convincing "actresses".
At the time, it was considered unseemly for women to be actors. The female roles were played by young men.
In Shakespeare's time women had the same genius as men but weren't allowed to develop it.
only men, as the women werent allowed to be on the stage, a tradition which continued into Shakespeare's time with female parts being played by males with unbroken voices
She wasn't alive during "Shakespeare's time". She was born 300 years after Shakespeare's daughter Susannah. Women could and did write during "Shakespeare's time" but not women who had not yet been born.
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He didn't. He did both at the same time, often acting in his own plays in minor roles.