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Better than you probably think. Of course this was long before suffragettes so women did not have political rights, but then neither did almost all men. And women mostly worked at home, because keeping house was a very difficult job and absolutely necessary, and could easily be combined with the equally difficult job of looking after babies. Women who had to earn an income to support themselves could do so, usually with cottage industries like cloth preparation or brewing, and sometimes with the oldest profession. Widows whose husbands had a business carried on with the business and nobody thought ill of them.
Europeans who visited England in those days marvelled at how free the English women were, how they were permitted to go freely about the streets and carry on their business. Women were treated with considerable respect for the most part, even when they acted crazy. Mary Frith, the notorious Elizabethan transvestite and rebel, actually appeared on the stage of the Fortune Theatre. She was charged, of course, but the penalty wasn't too severe (she promised not to do it again). Far from being treated badly, most people appear to have thought she was pretty cool. Dekker and Middleton, who wrote a play about her, certainly thought so.
What else can I help you with?
Why weren't women allowed on stage during Shakespeare's time?
Because it was seen as revealing for women to do it.
Who played all the women roles in shakespeare play?
Women's roles in Shakespeare's plays were usually performed by boy actors. Shakespeare jokes about this several times - especially in Hamlet and in As You Like It. It was illegal during the Sixteenth Century for women to perform in plays, and most Elizabethan playwrights wrote only minor roles for female characters as a result. Shakespeare seems to have been one of the first playwrights to give women characters important roles in his plays - though after Shakespeare's time quite a few playwrights began to write important roles for women.
Who atced plays during Shakespeare time?
Actors were all men. It was illegal for a woman to act. Young boys played the parts of women.
How where the foreigners treated during Shakespeare's time?
How where foreigners such as the Spanish, Portuguese, the French, the Jews, and the Africans treated in England during Shakespeare's time?
Where women allowed to act during Shakespeare's time?
No, women were not allowed to act on stage during Shakespeare's time. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, English law and societal norms prohibited women from performing in public theater. Instead, young boys or men would take on female roles, often portraying them with exaggerated femininity. This practice continued until the Restoration in 1660 when women were finally permitted to act professionally on stage.
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.
Why weren't women allowed on stage during Shakespeare's time?
Because it was seen as revealing for women to do it.
Who played all the women roles in shakespeare play?
Women's roles in Shakespeare's plays were usually performed by boy actors. Shakespeare jokes about this several times - especially in Hamlet and in As You Like It. It was illegal during the Sixteenth Century for women to perform in plays, and most Elizabethan playwrights wrote only minor roles for female characters as a result. Shakespeare seems to have been one of the first playwrights to give women characters important roles in his plays - though after Shakespeare's time quite a few playwrights began to write important roles for women.
What did women eat in Shakespeare's time?
Food
During what age time was William Shakespeare?
William Shakespeare was alive during the Elizabethan period. He was the most famous playwrite of his time.
What did men think of Shakespeare's plays at his time?
Shakespeare's plays were very popular with men and women.
Who atced plays during Shakespeare time?
Actors were all men. It was illegal for a woman to act. Young boys played the parts of women.
What would it be like to be a actress in William Shakespeare's time?
There were no actresses in William Shakespeare's time. All female characters were played by young men who trained in the art of theatre at a young age. The boys were dressed up to look like women using overly exaggerated makeup and clothing. This is one of the reasons why there are barely any kissing scenes in Shakespeare's plays. The reason why all of the actors were male was due a ban against women being allowed to act in the theatre. This ban was not lifted until 1660 and then, still, men were very hesitant to allow the women actors any major female roles. Seeing as Shakespeare died in 1616, there really were no actresses during his time.
How where the foreigners treated during Shakespeare's time?
How where foreigners such as the Spanish, Portuguese, the French, the Jews, and the Africans treated in England during Shakespeare's time?
Was hockey played during Shakespeare's time?
Hockey was not played during Shakespeare's time. There was a game called hurling that was played with sticks and balls on grass.
Did people in Shakespeare's time believe in women working?
Shakespeare lived in the time of the Renaissance. During the Renaissance, women could be glovers, butchers, leather-workers, goldsmiths, iron-mongers, cutlers, and wool merchants. Sometimes, if a craftsman died, his wife could either take his place in business or help to watch over it. So, yes, women did work.
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.
