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It was illegal for women to appear on the public stage. There were no actresses who performed in Shakespeare's plays until after his life.
But of course, after his death there are a great many actresses famous for acting in Shakespeare: Nell Gwyn, Fanny Kemble, Sarah Siddons, Sarah Bernhardt, Ellen Terry, Peggy Ashcroft, Judith Anderson, Vanessa Redgrave, Claire Bloom and Judi Dench all spring to mind.

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