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What is the difference the rights of the women in the time of Shakespeare and now?
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The main difference is that a woman's rights used to change dramatically once she married. A married couple was thought of as one undivided thing, and they owned everything they had together. But because St. Paul had said that the man was the head of the household, he basically had all the say in how that property was dealt with.
The major blow for equality in property rights for women was when married women were to be treated as single women even after they were married. But this did not happen until the nineteenth century.
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What is the significant difference between the way plays were presented in Shakespeare's time and how they are presented today?
Women's roles were played by men or boys.
Why weren't women allowed on stage during Shakespeare's time?
Because it was seen as revealing for women to do it.
Was acting allowed by women in Shakespeare time?
Not in England, but it was allowed elsewhere at that time, for example on the Continent.
What was the role of women in the theatre in Shakespeare'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.
Why did men carry swords and women carry daggars in Shakespeare's time?
Self defense
What is the significant difference between the way plays were presented in Shakespeare's time and how they are presented today?
Women's roles were played by men or boys.
What did women eat in Shakespeare's time?
Food
Why couldn't Virgina Woolf write during Shakespeare's time?
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.
What is the difference between the modern theater and the the theater of Shakespeare's time period?
The biggest differences are actresses and electricity. In Shakespeare's day women could not legally appear on stage. Electric lighting has radically changed the way we approach production. In Shakespeare's time, they used either natural daylight or candlelight.
What did men think of Shakespeare's plays at his time?
Shakespeare's plays were very popular with men and women.
Why weren't women allowed on stage during Shakespeare's time?
Because it was seen as revealing for women to do it.
What made English women enjoy Shakespeare?
Women as well as men enjoy Shakespeare's plays for all of the many reasons they are extremely good. Shakespeare's female characters are deep well-drawn characters and avoid the silly stereotypes of the time (women are feeble, women are stupid, women are sex-mad), but in fact most of the other playwrights of the time preferred to write women who avoided the stereotypes as well.
Women in Shakespeare's time?
Yes, they certainly had them. A lot of monarchs and politically influencial people of the day were women.
Was acting allowed by women in Shakespeare time?
Not in England, but it was allowed elsewhere at that time, for example on the Continent.
What was the role of women in the theatre in Shakespeare'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.
What percentage of women were actors in Shakespeare's time?
Zero. Female parts were acted by men.
Why did men carry swords and women carry daggars in Shakespeare's time?
Self defense
