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Thread #71159   Message #1219256
Posted By: beardedbruce
04-Jul-04 - 10:08 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Chivalry/Courtesy in Shakespeare?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Chivalry/Courtesy in Shakespeare?
Peter K,

In Elizabethan times, women were not allowed to act on stage. Thus, the acting company would be all male. The director seems to turning this around, perhaps to make a point.

See the movie "Shakespeare in Love". Any elevation of the sonnet is not a bad thing...(BG)

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